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Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Olive-sided Flycatcher
The olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) is a small to medium sized passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatcher family. It is a migratory species that travels from South America to North America to breed during the summer. It is an agile flyer and mainly consumes flying insects caught in flight. Since 2016, this species has been assessed as being near-threatened globally (IUCN) and threatened in Canada (SRA) due to its declining populations.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Contopus cooperi
- Family
- Tyrant Flycatchers
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the tyrant flycatchers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Belted Flycatcher Xenotriccus callizonus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
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