Dusky-Capped FlyCatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
I first met this bird at the Arivaca Cienega. It looks very much like the Ash-Throated Flycatcher, but sounds very different. This bird’s call is a whiny whistle, whereas the Ash-Throat has a trilled character to its call.
Birds in the genus Myiarchus nest in cavities. This bird’s normal range is from northern South America, Central America, and Mexico. While they have recorded it further north, southeast Arizona and southwestern New Mexico are as far north as we expect them to travel in spring and summer. During my visit to south Texas in the winter of 2021, I met this bird in McAllen (Texas), proving once again, birds don’t always pay attention to range maps. Otherwise it would not have ventured the extra 100 (plus) miles into Texas.
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
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Description: The cienega at Arivaca. Part of the Buenos Aries NWR in Arivaca, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:26 17:08 |
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Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1250 |
File Name: Cut_D727534-DuskyCappedFlycatcher |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
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Description: The cienega at Arivaca. Part of the Buenos Aries NWR in Arivaca, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:26 9:23 |
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Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1250 |
File Name: D727408-DuskyCappedFlyCatcher |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
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Description: The cienega at Arivaca. Part of the Buenos Aries NWR in Arivaca, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:26 9:25 |
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Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1250 |
File Name: D727454-DuskyCappedFlyCatcher |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
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Description: The cienega at Arivaca. Part of the Buenos Aries NWR in Arivaca, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:26 17:07 |
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Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1250 |
File Name: D727498-DuskyCappedFlycatcher |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
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Description: The cienega at Arivaca. Part of the Buenos Aries NWR in Arivaca, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:26 17:08 |
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Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1250 |
File Name: D727511-DuskyCappedFlycatcher |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
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Description: The cienega at Arivaca. Part of the Buenos Aries NWR in Arivaca, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:26 17:08 |
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Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1250 |
File Name: D727527-DuskyCappedFlycatcher |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
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Description: The Dusky-Capped Flycatcher is a Mexican specialty and southern Arizona is the only location north of the border where they are expected. I drove for three plus hours to spend two lovely hours with these birds at the Cienega in Arivaca before turning onto my final leg of my homeward journey from my 2020 Texas adventure. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:27 9:21 |
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Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: DuskyCappedFlycatcher_D5X6256-Arivaca |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
|
Description: The Dusky-Capped Flycatcher is a Mexican specialty and southern Arizona is the only location north of the border where they are expected. I drove for three plus hours to spend two lovely hours with these birds at the Cienega in Arivaca before turning onto my final leg of my homeward journey from my 2020 Texas adventure. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:27 9:22 |
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Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: DuskyCappedFlycatcher_D5X6281-Arivaca |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
|
Description: The Dusky-Capped Flycatcher is a Mexican specialty and southern Arizona is the only location north of the border where they are expected. I drove for three plus hours to spend two lovely hours with these birds at the Cienega in Arivaca before turning onto my final leg of my homeward journey from my 2020 Texas adventure. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:27 9:23 |
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Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: DuskyCappedFlycatcher_D5X6299-Arivaca |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
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Description: The cienega at Arivaca. Part of the Buenos Aries NWR in Arivaca, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:26 9:23 |
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Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1250 |
File Name: D727408-DuskyCappedFlyCatcher |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
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Description: The cienega at Arivaca. Part of the Buenos Aries NWR in Arivaca, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:26 17:08 |
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Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1250 |
File Name: D727534-DuskyCappedFlycatcher |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
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Description: Florida Canyon on the northern slopes of the Santa Rita Mountains, east of Green Valley Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2017:04:30 12:25 |
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Location:
Florida Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: DuskyCappedFlycatcher_D5X9176 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
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Description: This was the first bird I found on entering the compound. I saw it (or its doppelganger) again on the opposite side of the reserve shortly before I ended my stay. I spent a lovely day walking the paths of Quinta Mazatlan, a 20 acre reserve in McAllen (Texas). Late February may not be the best time to chase birds in the area, but those I met pleased me. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:23 11:25 |
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Location:
Quinta Mazatlan |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: DuskyCappedFlycatcher_D5X5024-QuintaMazatlan_TX |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
|
Description: This was the first bird I found on entering the compound. I saw it (or its doppelganger) again on the opposite side of the reserve shortly before I ended my stay. I spent a lovely day walking the paths of Quinta Mazatlan, a 20 acre reserve in McAllen (Texas). Late February may not be the best time to chase birds in the area, but those I met pleased me. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:23 9:12 |
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Location:
Quinta Mazatlan |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: DuskyCappedFlycatcher_D5X4953-QuintaMazatlan_TX |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dusky-Capped Flycatcher(Myiarchus tuberculifer) |
|
Description: This was the first bird I found on entering the compound. I saw it (or its doppelganger) again on the opposite side of the reserve shortly before I ended my stay. I spent a lovely day walking the paths of Quinta Mazatlan, a 20 acre reserve in McAllen (Texas). Late February may not be the best time to chase birds in the area, but those I met pleased me. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:23 9:11 |
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Location:
Quinta Mazatlan |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: DuskyCappedFlycatcher_D5X4936-QuintaMazatlan_TX |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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