Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Great Crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family that breeds from south-central and south-eastern Canada to south-central and south-eastern USA, and spends the non-breeding season from southern Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela. It is a large insect-eating bird and the most widespread Myiarchus in North America. It is usually seen high in trees rather than on the ground. Adults have brown upperparts, yellow underparts, a long rusty brown tail and a bushy crest, with grey on the throat and breast.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Breeding range

North America: sc, se Canada to sc, se USA

Nonbreeding range

s Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela