Ash-throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens

Ash-throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens. Photograph taken within the greater Bahía de los Ángeles area, Baja California, January 2024. Photograph courtesy of George Flicker, Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California. Identification courtesy of Mary & George Flicker, Bahía de los Ángeles.

Ash-throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens. Photographs taken within the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Southern Arizona, March 2018. Photographs courtesy of Dr. Tom Bartol, Carlsbad, California.

The Ash-throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens, is a member of the Tyrannidae Family of Tyrant Flycatchers. They are small in stature. They are found throughout Mexico with the exception that they are absent from the southern portions of the State of Veracruz and within the Yucatán Peninsula, at elevations up to 2,400 m (7,900 feet). They are found in semi-arid desert and within brush, mesquites, pinyon-juniper and dry open woods. They primarily consume insects and seasonal berries and fruits as available.

From a conservation perspective, the Ash-throated Flycatcher is categorized by the IUCN as Least Concern with stable, widely distributed populations.