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Atlas Results
Dusky Flycatchers were encountered in eight squares in the Cypress Uplands, including the West and Centre Blocks of the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park and in coulees north of Eastend. Recently fledged young were observed in the West Block and in the Centre Block where a bird was seen carrying food in 2018, and a nest with young was found in the same square in 2021.
Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
A small, grey flycatcher with eye rings and two white wing bars, the Dusky Flycatcher can easily be confused with the more abundant Least Flycatcher, although they have distinctive songs. The main breeding range blankets the western mountains from the Yukon to the southern US, while the winter range includes Mexico and Central America. The species is considered to be common and increasing in much of its range (BirdLife International 2008).
As a bird of the mountains, the Dusky Flycatcher forays into Saskatchewan in the Cypress Hills, the only Saskatchewan area with sufficient elevation to produce the habitat it requires. Godfrey (1950) noted it in pure stands of aspen or willow, or where there was an additional mix of conifers, singing from the top of a lodgepole pine or a white spruce.
Dusky Flycatchers are fairly common summer residents of the upper levels of the Cypress Hills (Godfrey 1950) but can also be quite common on the lower slopes and coulees extending east to Eastend.
Original text by Tina Portman. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Dusky Flycatcher in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Dusky Flycatcher in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=DUFL&lang=en [09 Nov 2025]
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