Cordilleran Flycatcher

Cordilleran Flycatcher with insects.

NPS Photo / Rachel Ames

Size: 5.5-6.5”
Description: Greenish-brown back, yellowish belly, and pale-yellow eye ring and wing bars.
Migratory Status: Summer residents of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Habitat: Breed in shady forests usually near streams and moist ravines, and also live in coniferous and deciduous forests of the lower mountains.
Diet: Eat mainly insects that they catch in the air or glean from tree foliage.

 

• Cordilleran Flycatcher (call)

  
  

  Cordilleran Flycatcher call recorded on the Fern Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  06/10/2015

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025

 

• Cordilleran Flycatcher (song)

  
  

  Cordilleran Flycatcher song recorded on the Gem Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Note that a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Red-breasted Nuthatch can also be heard in the background.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  06/22/2015

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025