Species: Myiarchus cinerascens
Ash-throated Flycatcher
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Myiarchus
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Papamoscas Cenizo - tyran à gorge cendrée
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Tyrannidae - Myiarchus - Constitutes a superspecies with M. NUTTINGI (AOU 1998).
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A bird (flycatcher).
Migration
true - true - true - A long-distance migrant in most of the U.S. range. Resident throughout the year in southeastern California, central Arizona, and parts of Mexico.
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Primarily insectivorous; feeds on bees, wasps, ants, caterpillars, moths, grasshoppers, etc. Also known to eat spiders and some berries. Often forages by flying out from perch and catching insects in the air.
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size 3-7 (usually 4-5). Incubation by female, about 15 days. Altricial young tended by both parents, leave nest in 16-17 days.
Length
22
Weight
27
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-02
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-02
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
BREEDING: southwestern Oregon, eastern Washington, to southern Idaho, southwestern Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, northern and central Texas, and sometimes Oklahoma, to Baja California and mainland of Mexico. NON-BREEDING: northern Baja California, southeastern California, central Arizona, south into mainland of Mexico, El Salvador, casually to Costa Rica (Terres 1980).