Guide to North American Birds
Family Tyrant Flycatchers
This native of the western Caribbean was first found in our area in central Alabama, where it has never occurred again. Since the early 1980s, however, La Sagra's Flycatcher has appeared several times in southeastern Florida, probably having strayed across the narrow gap from the Bahamas.

Photo Gallery

Illustration © David Allen Sibley.
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Text © Kenn Kaufman, adapted from
Lives of North American Birds

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Songs and Calls

“wheet-ze-wheet” and buzzy “brrr” Does not have a long, pure whistle without a buzzy interruption
Audio © Lang Elliott, Bob McGuire, Kevin Colver, Martyn Stewart and others.
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