Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Photo by Brian E. Small
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell University

The easiest eastern Empidonax to identify, the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is a bird of the boreal forests and bogs. Its yellow underparts distinguish it from the other eastern Empidonax

Habitat
* Breeds in boreal coniferous forests and peatlands. Nests in cool, moist forests, bogs, swamps, and muskegs.
* Winters in variety of habitats from forests to semi-open habitats. Most common in dense rain forest, montane evergreen forest, pine-oak forest, and shaded coffee plantations.

Food
Insects and arthropods. Occasionally takes fruit.

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