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 LC    Grey Flycatcher* Id (Atlas):
    Empidonax wrightii Vagrant

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
American Grey Flycatcher, American Gray Flycatcher, Grey Flycatcher, Gray Flycatcher, Wright's Flycatcher

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Baird, 1858

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest and shrubland. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Canada, Mexico, USA (B).

Breeds extreme south-western Canada (southern British Columbia) and Great Basin states of north-western USA south to south-central California and east to southern Wyoming and central Colorado, locally to western Texas. Winters south-western USA and Mexico (south to southern Baja California and Oaxaca).
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,200,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (124)...)

 
American Grey Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii) [XC595728]
     by Andrew Spencer from Silver Creek, Perilla Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, United States (call)

 
American Grey Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii) [XC137914]
     by Alex Rinkert from Bannack State Park - GRFL draw, Beaverhead County, Montana, United States (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Formerly considered conspecific with Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri). Despite many similarities with that species, is apparently more closely related to Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) and Black-capped Flycatcher (Empidonax atriceps).


References
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Files:
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