Species: Myiarchus cinerascens

Ash-throated Flycatcher
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Passeriformes

    Family

    Tyrannidae

    Genus

    Myiarchus

    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).
    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
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-12-02
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-12-02
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    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).
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