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Willow Flycatcher -
(Empidonax trailii) 

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Identification

  • Small, dull-colored flycatcher
  • Greyish-olive above, lighter greyish below
  • Two light wingbars
  • Nearly identical to plumage of Alder Flycatcher
  • 5.75" (15 cm.)

Habitat

  • Wet shrubby areas

Additional Information

  • Fairly common migrant and summer resident
  • Nests in wet areas
  • Often in shrubby willow patches, also uses elderberry and dogwood shrubs
  • Best identified by song: "FITZ--bew"
  • Late spring migrant
  • Formerly considered same species as     Alder Flycatcher

Comparable Species

  • Alder Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher in the tree tops

Willow Flycatcher hiding in the brush 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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