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“Songless” perching birds--comparatively songs usually not well developed |
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Stout, somewhat flattened bill--bristles around base |
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“Jizz”-- General shape and demeanor distinctive and similar as group |
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Most dull colored -- grays to black, buffy-yellowish |
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Open country habitats--forest, meadow edges ‘Conspicuous perches--fly out and back catching insects |
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Mobbing behavior towards hawks, crows, blackbirds |
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Exclusively an American bird family |
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30 North American species |
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13 Genera |
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Empidonax--8 species in Western North America |
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17 Species recorded in Utah |
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12 Species breed in Utah County |
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3 Species breed in Southern Utah |
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2 Other species recorded in Utah County as migrants |
Eastern Kingbird |
Say’s Phoebe |
Gray Flycatcher |
Western Kingbird |
Willow Flycatcher |
Cordilleran Flycatcher |
Western Wood Pewee |
Hammond’s Flycatcher |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Ash-throated Flycatcher |
Dusky Flycatcher |
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Other Utah Breeders |
Other Utah Visitors |
Black Phoebe |
Scissor-tailed flycatcher |
Brown-crested Flycatcher |
Eastern Phoebe |
Cassin’s Kingbird |
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Vermillion Flycatcher |
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Source of data: Dennis Shirley. Web adaptation: Jim Bailey. Copyright 2004