Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
Mnemonics:
rreee-BEEP (1) , free-beer! (1), Free-BEE-ah (2)
Spectrogram:
Song Description:
A 2- or 3-syllable phrase (some mnemonics suggest 2, others 3; see above) sung repeatedly. As described by Pieplow (2), the 1st syllable is buzzy and upslurred, the 2nd is highest and loudest, and the 3rd is low and short.
Calls:
See Pieplow (2) for examples of a number of calls such as pwee, breer, dzeer, twitter, pip-pweer, pweew, and peep.
Sound Recordings
| Common Name | Rating | ML Cat# | Recordist |
| Alder Flycatcher | 4.5 | 91362201 | Sebastianelli |
| Alder Flycatcher | 3 | 107795101 | Gooch |
| Alder Flycatcher | 3 | 104822221 | Kazdan |
| Alder Flycatcher | 3 | 104921021 | Green |
| Alder Flycatcher | 3 | 104703761 | Green |
| Alder Flycatcher | 3 | 104703321 | Green |
| Alder Flycatcher | 3 | 186082441 | Sebastianelli |
| Alder Flycatcher | 3 | 186082421 | Sebastianelli |
| Alder Flycatcher | 3 | 185773771 | Sebastianelli |
| Alder Flycatcher | 2 | 165604461 | Sebastianelli |
| Alder Flycatcher | 2 | 186082381 | Sebastianelli |
| Alder Flycatcher | 2 | 186415351 | Sebastianelli |
| Alder Flycatcher | 2 | 104708111 | Gooch |
| Alder Flycatcher | 2 | 104921041 | Green |
| Alder Flycatcher | 2 | 104921031 | Green |
Resources:
- All about birds: alder flycatcher. c2020. Ithaca (NY): Cornell Lab of Ornithology; [accessed 2020 Dec 23]. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Alder_Flycatcher/sounds
- Pieplow, Nathan. Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America. New York, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Additional Bird Recordings
Alder Flycatcher | American Crow | American Goldfinch | American Redstart | Belted Kingfisher | Black-and-white Warbler | Black-capped Chickadee | Black-throated Green Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Blue Jay | Blue-headed Vireo | Broad-winged Hawk | Brown Thrasher | Canada Goose | Cedar Waxwing | Chipping Sparrow | Common Nighthawk | Common Raven | Common Yellowthroat | Dark-eyed Junco | Downy Woodpecker | Eastern Phoebe | Eastern Wood-Pewee | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Gray Catbird | Hairy Woodpecker | Hermit Thrush | Herring Gull | Lincoln’s Sparrow | Magnolia Warbler | Northern Flicker | Northern Parula | Northern Saw-whet Owl | Osprey | Ovenbird | Purple Finch | Red Crossbill (type 10) | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Red-eyed Vireo | Red-winged Blackbird | Ruffed Grouse | Savannah Sparrow | Song Sparrow | Swainson’s Thrush | Swamp Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Winter Wren | Wood Duck | Yellow Warbler | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Yellow-rumped Warbler