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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher


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

egg

Diet:
Insects and spiders
 

Predators:
Bigger birds and snakes

Adaptations: 

  • Their feet are special to perch on branches. 
  • The yellow belly is used for camouflage 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 threatened specie on the verge of extinction.
  • It nests on the ground.
  • It lives in North America and Canada in coniferous forests and winters in South America
  • It has a triangular head

 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>
 
"Yellow-bellied Flycatcher" 20 Apr. 2004 <http://www.tobago.hm/brent-gallery/pics/yellow-bellied-flycatcher-03.jpg>

"Yellow-bellied Flycatcher" 20 Apr. 2004
<http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/vexhibit/eggs/vexeggs/passer/_egg/ybflye.jpg>

Improved by:
Pamela



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