Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Also known as: snakeskin bird · Christian Flycatcher
Aves
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 10-14 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Common
About
Great Crested Flycatcher: The largest of the tyrant flycatchers, the Great Crested Flycatcher is a large insect-eating bird that is found in the treetops of the eastern and mid-western United States. It is the most widespread member of the genus Myiarchus in North America, and it is known for its distinctive crest of feathers that it raises when alarmed.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
- 2.hatchlingA pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
- 3.juvenileA feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
- 4.adultFully grown with adult plumage and song.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Myiarchus
- Species
- Myiarchus crinitus