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 LC    Buff-breasted Flycatcher* Id (Atlas):
    Empidonax fulvifrons

Description (10)
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Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Giraud, 1841)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 600 - 3,500 m.

Range (Guide)
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, USA (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

 
Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Empidonax fulvifrons) [XC713541]
     by id from Parque Estatal Sierra Morelos, Toluca de Lerdo, Toluca, Estado de M\u00e9xico, Mexico (song)

 
Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Empidonax fulvifrons) [XC376761]
     by Manuel Grosselet from Isla de las aves, Atlacomulco, Estado de M\u00e9xico, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Validity of several subspecies doubted, nominate and brodkorbi known only from holotype specimens. Further study is required.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

  • pygmaeus Coues, 1865   -  South-western USA (east-central and south-eastern Arizona, at least formerly west-central and south-western New Mexico) and north-western Mexico (Sonora, southern Coahuila). Winters south-central Mexico (south to Michoacán and Morelos).
  • rubicundus Cabanis & Heine, 1860   -  Highlands in central Mexico locally from Durango south to Morelos and Puebla. Winters south to Guatemala.
  • fulvifrons (Giraud, 1841)   -  Tamaulipas (eastern Mexico).
  • fusciceps Nelson, 1904   -  Highlands of southern Mexico (from Oaxaca) southern locally to Guatemala and El Salvador.
  • brodkorbi Phillips, AR, 1966   -  Southern Oaxaca (southern Mexico).
  • inexpectatus Griscom, 1932   -  Central and southern Honduras.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Empidonax fulvifrons) - 10 files


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