Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
Flycatchers
Uncommon
Summer and Spring
Ash-throated Flycatcher - Mojave Desert, CA
© Tom Benson
Ash-throated Flycatcher - Ash Canyon, AZ
© Tom Benson
The Ash-throated Flycatcher is an uncommon spring migrant and summer visitor on campus from April to mid August, with a few additional records of fall migrants through October. It is a common spring and fall migrant and breeding bird in southern California, nesting in various types of woodlands.
High Count: 6, Average Count: 1-3
Ash-throated Flycatchers have brown upperparts, a pale gray throat and breast, a pale yellow belly, and rufous edges to the wings and tail feathers.