Alder Flycatcher

Empidonax alnorum

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Code 4

ALFL

Code 6

EMPALN

ITIS

HEAD

Alder Flycatcher Head Illustration
  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head pattern: Plain, Eyering
  • Crown Color: Olive-brown
  • Forehead Color: Olive
  • Nape Color: Olive-brown
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data

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BODY

Alder Flycatcher Body Illustration
  • Length Range: 15 cm (5.75 in)
  • Weight: 14 g (0.5 oz)
  • Size: Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color Primary: Brown, Olive
  • Adult Colors: Brownish olive upperparts and white underparts.
  • Juvenile Colors: Pale Olive Brown
  • Underparts: Pale Yellow
  • Upperparts: Olive-gray back, darker wings with buff bars.
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Alder Flycatcher Flight Illustration

FLIGHT

  • Flight Pattern: Weak fluttering direct flight with shallow wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 20-23 cm (8-9 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Olive-brown
  • Under Tail: White
  • Leg Color: Black
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Head Feathers and Markings X
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