Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)

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The olive-sided flycatcher is one of the most recognizable inhabitants of North America's coniferous forest, breeding from sea level to 3,350 m in the Rocky Mountains. This flycatcher undergoes one of the longest and most protracted migrations of all Nearctic migrants, wintering primarily in Panama and the Andes Mountains of South America. In the past 20 years this species has experienced significant declines in populations throughout is range, causing it to be listed as a sensitive species or species of concern by several federal and state agencies and conservation groups. Until recently, most life-history information on the olive-sided flycatcher was anecdotal. Recent species-specific research on habitat relationship and nesting ecology in Alaska, Colorado, and Oregon has advanced our knowledge of the species substantially. This species account provides the known information about the olive-sided flycatcher's life history, including its distribution, migration, habitat, food habits, sounds, behavior, and breeding. Also included in the account are discussions about conservation and management and priorities for future research.

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Location: Online; note is also posted in ELECTRONIC FILE - Zoology

Recommended citation: Altman, Bob and Rex Sallabanks. 2012. Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.) Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/502
doi:12.2173/bna.502.

SWAP ( 2.12.2016) citation: Altman B, Sallabanks R. 2012. Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi). The Birds of North America Online. (A Poole, editor). Ithaca (NY): Cornell Lab of Ornithology. [revised 2012 Oct 08; accessed 2016 Feb 02]. http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/502