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Tawny-chested Flcatchers (Aphanotriccus capitalis) are in trouble these days, and are considered threatened by most Costa Rican ornithologists. This one hangs out near La Selva (Costa Rica), where they are still relatively easy to find. Recorded 11/13/98.
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Bright-rumped Attilas (Attila spadiceus) often sit in one place and sing this song for long periods (hours sometimes). This one was in La Selva (Costa Rica), 11/98.
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Here is a second example of the Bright-rumped Attilas (Attilla spadiceus) song, illustrating the lead-in notes a bit better.
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A Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola) sits atop a small bare tree along a path near El Gavilan (Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui) (Costa Rica) and tells us his life story. Smoky Jungle Frogs call in the background.
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A pair of Long-tailed Tyrants (Colonia colonus) call at their nesting tree on the road leading out of Bribri, near Puerto Viejo de Talamanca (Costa Rica), 6/22/99.
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Fortuna Falls, near La Fortuna (Costa Rica)
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Tropical Pewee (Contopus cinereus) - This little guy sat on a wire in La Fortuna (Costa Rica) and called a whole morning away, occasionally sallying forth to catch an insect on the wing.
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Western Wood-Pewees (Contopus sordidulus) are common in the river and stream galleries of central Ariona. In the spring they are easy to distinguish from other Pewees and Empids by their burry call.
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Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) -We heard this plaintive call from Arenal to Quepos (Costa Rica). The "song" is rather like hearing the wind in a wire, almost raptor-like.
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Here a pair of Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) quarrel outside our room at the Arenal Lodge (Costa Rica), 6/15/99.
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A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) sits in a tree and calls incessantly in Carara Biological Preserve (Costa Rica), 11/17/98 - these are 2 examples of different individuals only minutes apart.
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Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) visits Tavasci Marsh [Arizona] regularly. This is an example of his notes, which is sung while awaiting the next meal.
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The Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) is an endangered "Empid" that breeds in the riparian Willow/Cottonwood/Salt Cedar thickets. This pair was recorded along the Verde River near Camp Verde in central Arizona on 5/30/98. If you hear this easily distinguished "Fitz-bew" song, please let me know. This bird is a victim of Cowbird parasitism and habitat reduction and is on its last legs!
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This Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius) was recorded in the early evening along the road leading to Fortuna Falls, near Fortuna (Costa Rica).
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Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) - I heard and recorded this one at Manuel Antonio (Costa Rica).
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Here's a call from a Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) from Monteverde (Costa Rica).
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Ochre-bellied Flycatchers (Mionectes oleagineus) are common lowland residents of both slopes. This one was recorded at La Selva (Costa Rica).
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In this sample a new parent sits in a Juniper and talks to his (or her) single adolescent. You'll know the youngster when you hear it
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Ash-throated Flycatchers (Myiarchus cinerascens) are common summer residents in the Verde Valley of Arizona. This is a pair of them talking to each other as they flit around the mesquite near Tuzigoot National Monument, 5/29/99.
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A Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer) calls at El Gavilan lodge, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui (Costa Rica), 6/18/99. A sharp-eared listener will hear the answering call of another in the background.
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A Brown-Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus) isn't shy about singing for an audience! He's sitting in an Arizona ash in Black Canyon Wash, south of Cottonwood, Arizona.
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A Black-capped Pygmy-tyrant (Myiornis atricapillus) (the smallest Passerine bird) visits us and calls in the forest at La Selva (Costa Rica), 11/98.
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Here is the call of a Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis) while sitting in a tree with a Kiskadee and another Gray-capped.
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Here is an example of a pair of Gray-capped Flycatchers (Myiozetetes granadensis) at El Gavilan lodge, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui (Costa Rica), 6/18/99.