Sulfur-bellied Flycatcher

Sulfur-bellied Flycatcher
Madera Canyon, Arizona, USA
July 2019
Member of the Tyrant/Flycatcher Family
§A Zapper of Flycatchers§

~True Bird Fact~ Most easily identified by their call, which sounds basically exactly like a dog's squeaky toy or a child's bath toy. A lot of time people compare bird calls to other things, but this time folks, it's real.

~Additional mildly interesting Bird Fact~ Sulfur-bellied Flycatchers are super rare in the United States, living only in a biome known as the Madrean Sky Islands. These are small mountain ranges in the desert clustered around the New Mexico, Arizona, Chihuahua border. On name alone they are just just the coolest, but they also are the home to the United States' only jaguar species. Did you know we have a jaguar?

Tougher than they look, will start a fight with you
Makes 'zoom zoom' sounds as they fly around
Always drinks out of a straw. Don't worry, it's a reusable one