The dusky-capped flycatcher is 6.3-7.3 inches (16-18.5 cm) in length with a wingspan of 9.8 inches (24.9 cm).
It has brownish-olive upperparts, a pale yellow belly, and a pale gray throat and breast. It has a long, thin black bill and a brown tail.
Males and females look alike.
The dusky-capped flycatcher is found in oak-pine woodlands and thickets * and river canyons.
*A thicket is a dense group of bushes, shrubs, or small trees that grow very close together.
Dusky-capped flycatchers eat insects and some fruits and berries.
The female dusky-capped flycatcher lays 4-5 eggs in a tree cavity or abandoned woodpecker hole.
The chicks hatch in two weeks and fledge (develop flight feathers) at two weeks old.
Dusky-capped flycatchers can be identified by their long, mournful, and repeated “wheeeuu” call.
To deter predators, female dusky-capped flycatchers sometimes line their nests with lizard and snake skins, owl pellets, and spider egg sacs.
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The dusky-capped flycatcher is found from southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico south into South America.
Birds in the northern parts of their range may migrate south in the winter.
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