Stats

Lifespan: 4-6 yrs
Size: Tiny
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Pair
Biome: Tropical savanna
Range: The Americas
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Common

About

The male Vermilion Flycatcher sports a blazing crimson crown and breast set against dark brown wings — one of North America's most vivid songbirds. During courtship the male puffs up and performs a slow, fluttery "butterfly display" flight while singing.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Pyrocephalus
Species: Pyrocephalus rubinus