Sunday, June 14, 2026

Dusky-Capped Flycatcher

I got photos of a couple of dusky-capped flycatchers in southeastern Arizona. It is primarily a Central American/South American bird with a small range reaching into southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. There are 13 subspecies recognized. I saw ssp. olivascens which breeds in Arizona and New Mexico into northwestern Chihuahua to the mountains of eastern Sinaloa, western Durango and northern Nayarit. 
The first one I photographed was quite high in Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains. 

I got a much better view in the more deserty Rock Corral Canyon in the Tumacacori Mountains. 



Illustration of ssp. olivascens from Birds of the World. 

Range from Birds of the World. 

1 comment:

  1. Love its hat. It looks like part of a military uniform.

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