Breeding Location:
Wooded areas near water
Breeding Type:
Monogamous, Solitary nester
Breeding Population:
Fairly common
Egg Color:
White with brown, gray and lavender spots
Number of Eggs:
2 - 4
Incubation Days:
14 - 15
Egg Incubator:
Female
Nest Material:
Bark, sticks, weeds, and grass., Lined with down.
Migration:
Most migrate
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Overview
Vermilion Flycatcher: Small, stocky flycatcher, gray-black upperparts and scarlet-red crown, throat, and underparts. Face has thick, black eye-line. Wings and tail are gray-black; tail has thin white tip. Weak fluttering flight on shallow wing beats. Hovers in display flight and when foraging.
Range and Habitat
Vermilion Flycatcher: Breeds from southeastern California east to western Texas and south into the tropics. Spends winters in southern part of breeding range, but wanders as far east as the Gulf Coast. Found in wooded or brushy areas near water.
Breeding and Nesting
Vermilion Flycatcher: Two to four white eggs with brown, gray and lavender spots are laid in a shallow cup of twigs, weed stalks, grass, and bark, lined with down, and built on a horizontal tree branch 8 to 55 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 14 to 15 days and is carried out by the female; usually has two broods per year.
Foraging and Feeding
Vermilion Flycatcher: Feeds on insects; forages by flying from perch to catch prey in mid-air.
Readily Eats
Meal Worms
Vocalization
Vermilion Flycatcher: Repeated "pit-pitasee, pit-pit-pitasee" sometimes given in flight. Call is a short "pitz."
Similar Species
Vermilion Flycatcher: Scarlet Tanager is larger with black wings and tail and pale bill., Vermilion Flycatcher: Scarlet Tanager is larger with black wings and tail and pale bill.
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