#1345 · 🐦 birds

Great Crested Flycatcher

🇳🇱 Grote Kuiftiran ·Myiarchus crinitus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0
2. © Jerry Oldenettel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © tonytony10101010 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jerry Oldenettel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Elaine White · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren · CC BY 4.0
7. © Wildreturn · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The great crested flycatcher ( Myiarchus crinitus ) is a large insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the genus Myiarchus in North America, and is found over most of the eastern and mid-western portions of the continent. It dwells mostly in the treetops and rarely is found on the ground.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 35,917iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
35,917 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).