Hammond's Flycatcher
The Hammond's Flycatcher is olive-gray above with a light throat, gray breast and a pale yellow belly. It has a conspicuous white eye ring and white wing bars. Its throat is not as white as the Alder Flycatcher's and its breast is darker and its bill is narrower and shorter than the Dusky Flycatcher's. The Hammond's Flycatcher flicks its wings and tail more vigorously than other similar species. Its song is seweep-tsurp-seep, with the last part rising and its calls are a high peep (like the note of a Pygmy Nuthatch) and a soft wit.

Since climatic conditions at sea level in the North are similar to those at higher elevations farther south, the Hammond's Flycatcher is able to nest in boreal forests on the low plains of Alaska as well as in subalpine forests, at around 10,000 feet (3,050 meters), in the southern Rocky Mountains. It prefers to forage from the middle portions of tall conifers and aspens on flying insects. The Hammond's Flycatcher nests in a fork of a small tree or on a horizontal branch of a large conifer or deciduous tree, usually 25 to 40 feet above the ground. It uses birch, maple, ponderosa pine, western larch and Douglas-fir for nesting.

The Hammond's Flycatcher breeds from eastern Alaska south to northern California and northern New Mexico and winters in the tropics. It prefers mature coniferous forests at high altitudes.
Hammond's Flycatcher Range Map

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