Species from the Peruvian Jungle

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English  Name: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Scientific Name: Empidonax Flaviventris

Spanish Name: El Papamoscas de bellied amarillo

Size: 14 cm

Life span: 5 to 8 months

 Diet: insects and spiders
 

Predators: Bigger birds and snakes
 

Adaptations: 
Their feet are special to perch on branches.  The yellow bellyt is to camuflage so insects can't see them.
 

Interesting Facts: 
This is a really fast bird because of the kind of food that he eats. this bird can lay 3 to 4 eggs at a time.  This is a treatend specie on the verge of extingtion. It nests on the ground. It lives in North America and Canada in conferious forests and winters in South America.
 
 
 

 Bibliography: 
"Yellow-bellied Flycatcher" 19 Mar. 2003 <http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesIMG.asp?imageID=17704>

"Yellow-bellied Flycatcher" 19 Mar. 2003 <http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wrcf/yfly.htm> 

"Flycatcher" 19 Mar. 2003 <http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/PGC/w_notes/flycatch.htm>