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The Vermilion Flycatcher - a coal-black and fire-scarlet bird that stops desert birders cold. Nothing in the Southwest looks remotely like it.
Each print is made to order. You can cancel within 12 hours of ordering, after which it goes into production and cannot be cancelled. Secure checkout via Stripe.
Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm.
The Vermilion Flycatcher does not prepare you. You are walking a dry arroyo in Arizona or Texas, nothing in particular happening, and then a bird lands on a low branch and it is the colour of a lit match. The crown and underparts are a saturated scarlet - not orange-red, not rose-red, but scarlet, the purest expression of that colour in North American birds. The back is dark brown, nearly black. The contrast is absolute.
Pyrocephalus rubinus - the name means ruby-headed firehead - is small, five to six inches, but it sits exposed and upright on open perches in the manner of all flycatchers, using its perch as a hunting platform. It darts out to catch insects, returns to the same branch or one nearby, and does this all day. The behaviour keeps it visible. The colour does the rest.
The male’s courtship flight is equally striking: he rises above the mesquites in a fluttering, circular display, his scarlet throat puffed, carrying a feather or flower petal as an offering. No other North American flycatcher courts this way. The female, in brown and peachy-white, sits nearby evaluating her options.
The Vermilion Flycatcher is resident year-round in the lowland Southwest and along river corridors into Mexico. In summer it pushes further into Texas and New Mexico. It is never common, but it is never hard to find once you know its preferred habitat: open desert edge, near water, with scattered perches.
On the wall this is the print that demands explanation. Non-birders assume it is exotic. It is not. It lives in Texas.
Available in three sizes on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm - archival cotton, acid-free, matte finish. Printed by Prodigi using pigment inks rated 100+ years under display conditions.
| Size | Unframed | Framed |
|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | $39 | $99 |
| 16 × 20 in | $69 | $149 |
| 24 × 30 in | $99 | $199 |
Framed prints are glazed, no mat. Frame colours: black, brown, dark grey, gold.
Each print is made to order through our global print partner and shipped from the production lab nearest you - allow a few days for printing plus local tracked delivery.
Each print is made to order. You can change or cancel it within 12 hours of ordering. After that it goes into production and can no longer be cancelled, though we will always put right anything that arrives damaged.
The available sizes (up to A2) and any framed finishes are shown above. Choose yours before checkout.
Yes - each print is sized to fit standard frames. Framed finishes are offered on many prints.
Because each print is made to order, contact us within 14 days of delivery and we will put it right.
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