Hammond's Flycatcher

Hammond's Flycatcher

NPS Photo / Ron Harden

Size: 4.5-5.5”
Description: Dark gray back, a lighter gray to yellowish belly, and white eye ring and wing bars.
Migratory Status: Summer residents of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Habitat: Breed in mature, closed canopy spruce-fir forests, but also live in ponderosa pine and aspen forests to 11,000 feet.
Diet: Eat mainly flying insects that they forage in flight but also eat caterpillars.

 

• Hammond's Flycatcher (song)

  
  

  Hammond's Flycatcher song recorded on the Fern Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Note that a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and the buzz of a hummingbird flying by can also be heard in the recording.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  06/10/2015

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025

 

• Hammond's Flycatcher (call)

  
  

  Hammond's Flycatcher call recorded at the Peregrine Campsite in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  05/24/2016

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025