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The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is dull olive-gray above, and yellowish below, including the throat. It has 2 white wing bars, and a yellowish eye ring. It is very similar in appearance to the Least Flycatcher, and the Alder Flycatcher, although the latter have a more whitish underside, throat, and eye ring. Another way to tell them apart is their songs and habitat, each sounding remarkably different as well as living in completely different environments. All species belong to the family of Epidonax.
The call of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is a flat “chilk” or “killic”, as well as a rising 2-note whistle, “per-wee”. It inhabits Algonquin Highlands’ spruce bogs. They spend much of their time in dense foliage, and can be hard to spot.
The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher builds its nest on the ground using moss and rootlets. Females lay 3 or 4 whitish eggs, spotted with brown. They migrate south, leaving the area for the winter.
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YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
Empidonax flaviventris
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