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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