A Fire Headed Feathered Ember, Flitting About In A Desert Landscape
THIS BIRD’S GENUS NAME IS PYROCEPHALUS, WHICH TRANSLATES TO FIRE HEADED, EXACTLY WHAT THIS BIRD IS.
A bird colored in what can only be described as a brilliant flaming red, wearing a conspicuous mask around the eyes.
MEET THE SCARLET FLYCATCHER
The Scarlet flycatcher is a close relative of the orange-colored vermilion flycatcher. Sometimes hard to tell apart, the Scarlet flycatcher has pointier wings. Males are colored a bright red on their bellies and crown, with darker upperparts and a mask around the eyes.
Preferring to be in open bushy areas, including woodland, the Scarlet flycatchers can be seen hunting down insects on the wing. Also quite often seen along the roadside, pausing to take a break on fenceposts.
WATCH A SHORT VIDEO OF THE SCARLET FLYCATCHER RIGHT HERE BELOW:
