High in the canopy of eastern forests, great crested flycatchers (Myiarchus crinitus) swoop out from their perches, snagging flying insects from the air and plucking them from twigs and leaves. These ...

Loud but elusive, the great crested flycatcher challenges birders with its treetop nesting, dramatic calls and quirky habits — making it a tricky but rewarding species to spot or photograph.

Great crested flycatchers are primarily insect eaters, and almost all insectivorous birds are dropping in population due to heavy use of insecticides in gardens, lawns and on food crops.

The striking scissor-tailed flycatcher is an icon of Oklahoma and beyond. Learn about their nests, diet and more.

Great crested flycatchers will probably look for the nests of northern flickers, red-bellied woodpeckers and even hairy woodpeckers that are located 30 to 50 feet off the ground.

The flycatcher is one of a number of birds that line their nests with shed snakeskin because, a new study reports, it scares off... Main image, a great-crested flycatcher.

The migratory songbird named great crested flycatcher has arrived in Houston from its winter home south of the border.

Flycatchers are agile birds that come north to breed in summer, and a great-crested one stopped by the feeders.

Local species that would fall into this group include the great-crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), which I would characterize as permanently perturbed and the eastern phoebe (Sayornis phoebe), ...

Isn’t nature fascinating! Great-crested Flycatchers These flycatchers migrate to our area in springtime and are quite common; listen for their distinctive “zweep, zweep” call.

The flycatcher, with a bright yellow belly and reddish crested head, is easily known by its loud, almost impertinent voice (krreeep!).