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least flycatcher
noun
a small flycatcher, Empidonax minimus, of eastern North America.
Word History and Origins
Origin of least flycatcher1
Example Sentences
Very common flycatchers are the Arcadian Flycatcher, the Wood Peewee and the Least Flycatcher: the latter being called the Least Flycatcher on account of its being the smallest in size.
She and the plaintive wood pewee, who has two indistinct whitish bars across her extra-long wings, are scarcely larger than an English sparrow; while the least flycatcher, who calls himself Chebec, is, as you may suppose, the smallest member of the tribe to leave the tropics and spend the summer with us.
The group engaged in a complicated birds-eye view of the forest, seeking to understand how four key songbirds—the black-throated green warbler, eastern wood-pewee, least flycatcher and rose-breasted grosbeak—dealt with neighborhood upheaval.
It was a least flycatcher, and her undoing was her acceptance of nesting material, which her human friend, the oft-mentioned local bird-lover, supplied.
The least flycatcher, the kingbird, the cedar-bird, the goldfinch, the indigo-bird, are all fine nest-builders, each with a style of its own.
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