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Least flycatcher

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Empidonax

Higher classification
  
Empidonax

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Tyrannidae

Scientific name
  
Empidonax minimus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Tyrant flycatcher, Bird, Eastern wood pewee, Empidonax, Yellow‑bellied flycatcher

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The least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus), (also called chebec, or chebecker, after the sound it makes), is a small insect-eating bird. It is the smallest Empidonax flycatcher in eastern North America.

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Least flycatcher


Description

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The least flycatcher is between 5 and 5 34 inches (13 and 15 cm) long, with a 7 12 to 8 12 in (19 to 22 cm) spread. It typically weighs around 11 grams (0.39 oz). 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 and habitat

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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.

Behaviour

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

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

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References

Least flycatcher Wikipedia