Dusky-capped flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer

Identification Tips:

• Pale gray throat and breast
• Yellow underparts
• Brownish-olive upperparts
• Pale wing bars and tertial edges
• Brown tail with thin rust edges
• Bill dark and slim
• United States range restricted to southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona-stray elsewhere

Similar species:

The Dusky-capped Flycatcher is most similar to the other flycatchers in the genus Myiarchus: Great Crested, Brown-crested and Ash-throated. Great Crested and Brown-crested are larger with larger, thicker bills. Great Crested has a darker gray throat and breast. The Ash-throated has paler yellow underparts. Dusky-capped has a browner, less rusty tail than Great Crested and Ash-throated. The calls of these very similar species are an excellent way to distinguish them. Some species of kingbirds are similar but have paler heads and lack rusty in the tail.