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The Cordilleran Flycatcher, ''Empidonax occidentalis'' is a small insect-eating Bird . It is a small Empidonax Flycatcher , with typical size ranging from 13-17 cm. Adults have olive gray upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with yellowish underparts; they have a conspicuous white eye ring, white wing bars, a small bill and a short tail. Many Species of this Genus look closely alike. The best way to distinguish species apart is by voice, by breeding habitat and/or range. This bird is virtually identical to the Pacific-slope Flycatcher . These two species were formerly considered a single species known as Western Flycatcher. The Pacific-slope is a breeding bird of the Pacific Coast forests and mountain ranges from California to Alaska , the Cordilleran is a breeding bird of the Rocky Mountains . They both have different songs and calls. Cordilleran Flycatchers' preferred breeding habitat is Pine - Oak or Coniferous forest, usually near running water. They make a cup nest on a fork in a tree, usually low in a horizontal branch. Females usually lay 2-5 eggs. These birds Migrate to Mexico for the winter. The Cordilleran Flycatcher waits on an open perch of a shrub or low branch of a tree and flies out to catch insects in flight-( Hawking ), and also sometimes picks insects from foliage while hovering-( Gleaning ). The song is a multi versed ''pseet'', ''ptsick'', ''seet'' usually sung rapidly together. The call is a loud ''pit pete''. REFERENCES
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