Scientific Name: Myiarchus cinerascens

Residency: Summers throughout most of Arizona. Year-round in southwest corner of the state.

Diet: Catches aerial insects.

Predators: Red-tailed Hawk and American Kestrel.

Nesting: Natural cavity, woodpecker holes (for example, in Saguaro cactus), or nest box, lined with stems, chips of manure, hair and sometimes snake skins. Eggs: 4-5 per clutch, whitish with darker marks. One brood per year.

Nesting Records:

Notes: May nest in mailboxes, drain pipes or fence posts.

Photo: Taken at Coon Bluff on March 25, 2007. For more photos, click on camera icon.

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