Central Park Birding:: Species Accounts: Flycatchers

Central Park Birding:: Species Accounts: Loons and Grebes

Flycatchers are a diverse family of birds whose common trait is their feeding mechanism: they launch from perches to take insects from the wing. Unlike other insectivores like the wood warblers, flycatchers tend to be relatively drab birds - the flycatcher genus Empidonax is notable as an identification challenge given the similarity between species.

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)

Abundance:	Very uncommon during late spring and fall
Status:	Very uncommon migrant
Habitats:	Woodland, often perching on dead snags
Best dates:	late May
Best location:	Ramble, North Woods
Most similar to:	Eastern Wood Pewee
Other species accounts:	patuxent, cornell

Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)

Abundance:	Uncommon in May, uncommon August to early September
Status:	Spring and fall migrant
Habitats:	Woodlands
Best dates:	May, mid-late August
Best location:	Ramble, North Woods
Most similar to:	Olive-sided Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe
Other species accounts:	nycbirdreport, patuxent, cornell

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