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 LC    Dusky Flycatcher* Id (Atlas):
    Empidonax oberholseri

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
American Dusky Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Phillips, 1939

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, temperate forest and shrubland. From 650 - 3,000 m.

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

Breeds western Canada (northern British Columbia east to south-western Saskatchewan) southern in western USA (mainly west of Rocky Mts) to southern California and north-eastern New Mexico. Winters south-western USA (east to western Texas) and Mexico (S, mainly in highlands, to Oaxaca).
 
Population
Estimated population is 3,600,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (84)...)

 
American Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri) [XC324187]
     by Frank Lambert from Rainbow's End Guest Cabins, Big Creek, BC, Canada (call)

 
American Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri) [XC110020]
     by Richard E. Webster from Spring Gulch, Chaffee Co., Colorado, United States (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Formerly considered conspecific with Grey Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii), although appears not to be closely related.


References
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Files:
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