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Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus

Flight call description No known flight call but and emphatic "pseep" may occasionally be given in short flights.

 

Fig.1. Arizona February 25, 1997 (MO).

Perched bird.

 

Examples

Diurnal calling sequence:

1. Arizona February 25, 1997 (MO). Perched bird.

 

Similar species Very similar to some calls of Acadian and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers but typically less downward-arched. May be some overlap.

 

Behavior Presumed to be a nocturnal migrant but may engage in redetermined migration. Not known to call in nocturnal migration and typically silent in diurnal flight.