Empidonax flaviventris

Description

The top side of the yellow-bellied flycatcher is an olive-green color, with a yellow belly. They have a almond-shaped, yellow eyering, dusky-green breast band, and two broad yellow or white wing bars.

Voice

A spiritless per-wee or chu-wee. They also say kilik.

Habitat

They are found in open woods, aspen forests, orchards, and shade trees.

Diet

While they occasionally eat fruit, yellow-bellied flycatchers mainly eat insects and other arthropods.

Range

Yellow-bellied flycatchers summer throughout most of Canada and only the most northern of states in the U.S., such as Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and the tips of Minnesota and North Dakota. When they migrate down to South America, they stay on the eastern side of the United States.

Other Useful Information

When wintering in South America, yellow-bellied flycatchers will stay on coffee plantations. They have a higher density on shade-grown coffee plantations than sun-grown ones.