Planet Scott Logo
Greetings From
PLANET SCOTT
Controlling Earth's Destiny Since 1970

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis)

About Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Tyrant Flycatchers

The olive-sided flycatcher is a small to medium sized passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatcher family. It is a migratory species that travels from South America to North America to breed during the summer. It is an agile flyer and mainly consumes flying insects caught in flight. Since 2016, this species has been assessed as being near-threatened globally (IUCN) and threatened in Canada (SRA) due to its declining populations.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2007-04-30

    Mount Davidson, United States of America
  • 2007-10-18

    Ruiz Cortines, Mexico
    Could have been another species of flycatcher. Gray vest was not obvious.
  • 2008-06-13

    Mount Davidson, United States of America
    Image from 2008-06-13
  • 2011-05-28

    Del Valle County Park, United States of America
    Image from 2011-05-28
  • 2012-07-09

    Sax-Zim Bog, United States of America
    heard
  • 2013-07-02

    Yolla Bolla Wilderness, United States of America
    heard
  • 2013-09-28

    Presidio - El Polin Spring, United States of America
  • 2015-10-30

    El Valle de Anton, Panama
  • 2019-05-18

    Yosemite National Park, United States of America
  • 2019-06-06

    Burleigh H. Murray State Park, United States of America
  • 2020-07-19

    Lassen Volcanic National Park, United States of America
  • 2021-05-25

    Montrose Point, United States of America
  • 2023-07-30

    Refugio Paz de las Aves, Ecuador
  • 2023-09-15

    Yosemite National Park, United States of America