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The gorgeous vermilion flycatcher is one of my favorite birds and I never tire of looking at it. This little 6-inch flycatcher is a showstopper. It has a brilliant red head and chest, with a dark ...
Jerry TalkingtonThis dull, juvenile version of the bright red vermilion flycatcher might have passed through Northeast Ohio unnoticed if not for the astuteness of three birders from Stark County.A ...
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Six little vermilion flycatcher chicks have hatched in the Galapagos Islands, officials said Tuesday, in a boost to the dwindling numbers of the seriously endangered, ...
Most colorful of all the flycatchers is the vermilion flycatcher. The male is a brilliant crimson with a cape of black wings, and the female has a pale orange bottom with ash-colored face and wings.
The population of Little Vermilion Flycatchers - also known as Darwin's Flycatcher or "witch bird" in Spanish - had dropped dramatically in recent years on Santa Cruz Island, leaving just 15 adult ...
BREWSTER, Mass. — What the heck is a vermilion flycatcher doing in Massachusetts? "It flew the wrong way," Mark Faherty, science coordinator at the Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary ...
The San Cristóbal Island vermilion flycatcher has almost certainly already vanished from its home in the Galápagos Islands, according to a new study. Here are photos of the red songbird.
The Vermilion Flycatcher appears to be staying true to its name. "It just sits there and catches flies in the air," said Steve, who says that's maybe why the southern visitors chose their house.
Vermilion Flycatchers are monogamous. The female lays 2-3 eggs which can range in colour from white, cream, tan or brown. The eggs are incubated for two weeks and all the eggs hatch within 24 hrs.
Phylogeography of the Vermilion Flycatcher species complex: Multiple speciation events, shifts in migratory behavior, and an apparent extinction of a Galápagos-endemic bird species.
Dealing with urban noise: vermilion flycatchers sing longer songs in noisier territories. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2012; DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1434-0 ...
There are 17 recorded vermilion flycatcher sightings in Kansas. The previous closest sighting on the Kansas side of the metropolitan area happened May 19, 2002, in Leavenworth County, Nemecek said.