Least flycatcher

Empidonax minimus

The least flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird. It is the smallest ''Empidonax'' flycatcher in eastern North America.
Least flycatcher  Empidonax minimus,Geotagged,Least flycatcher,Summer,United States

Appearance

The least flycatcher is between 5 and 5 3⁄4 inches long, with a 7 1⁄2 to 8 1⁄2 in spread. It typically weighs around 11 grams . Adults have greyish-olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a conspicuous white eye ring, white wing bars, a small, short bill and a short tail. The breast is washed with grey and the sides of the belly with yellow. It is similar in appearance to the larger eastern wood pewee.

Distribution

Their breeding habitat is open deciduous or mixed woods across Canada and the northern United States. They make a cup nest on a fork in a small tree.

These birds migrate to Mexico and Central America.

Behavior

They wait on an open perch low or in the middle of a tree and fly out to catch insects in flight , also sometimes picking insects from foliage while hovering . They sometimes eat berries.

The song is a dry ''che-bec''. The call is a sharp ''whit''.

Habitat

Their breeding habitat is open deciduous or mixed woods across Canada and the northern United States. They make a cup nest on a fork in a small tree.

These birds migrate to Mexico and Central America.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrannidae
GenusEmpidonax
SpeciesE. minimus