La Sagra's Flycatcher

Overview

La Sagra's Flycatcher: Medium flycatcher, gray-brown upperparts, slight crest, white underparts with pale yellow wash on belly, undertail coverts. Wings have two white bars, dark brown primaries with rufous edging. Long, dark tail has rufous edges on outer feathers. Black legs, feet.

Range and Habitat

La Sagra's Flycatcher: Caribbean native; casual to accidental in Florida, accidental in Alabama. Inhabits woodlands and forests where trees are large enough for nesting holes.

INTERESTING FACTS

La Sagra’s Flycatcher was first described in 1852 by the German/Cuban naturalist and taxonomist Juan Gundlach.
It is also known as the Cuban Flycatcher, the Cuban Crested Flycatcher, and the Bahama Flycatcher.
A group of flycatchers has many collective nouns, including an "outfield", "swatting", "zapper", and "zipper" of flycatchers.

The La Sagra's Flycatcher is currently rated as Least Concern. This bird species is native to the United States, Turks and Caicos Islands, Cuba, the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas. The range of this bird species is about 100,000 square kilometers. The population of La Sara's Flycatcher has not been quantified, but the bird is considered to be frequent within its native range. As a result, there are not any threats known to be present at this time that would endanger this bird species. The prior rating for La Sagra's Flycatcher was Lower Risk.