Willow Flycatcher

• Size: 5.1-6.7" long // 7.5-9.4" wingspan
• Diet: bees, wasps, ants, beetles, damselflies, butterflies, moths, and flies
• Seasonal Habits: Migrate in winter
• Temperament: Not Aggressive

Willow Flycatchers are drab brownish-olive birds that are best known for their voice, sneezy fitz-bew that emanates from wet willow thickets across North America. They're one of the infamous 'Empidonax' flycatchers, a name virtually synonymous with difficult ID. Look for them singing their distinctive song on top of willows and other shrubs in early summer just after they arrive from Central and South America where they spend the winter. Although they're common across the United States, the Southwestern subspecies is federally endangered.