Yellowish Flycatcher (Empidonax flavescens)

Other Names (World)
Yellowish Flycatcher, Interior Flycatcher, Ponderosa Flycatcher

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lawrence, 1865

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 800 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (58)...)

Yellowish Flycatcher (Empidonax flavescens) [XC327707]
by Richard E. Webster from RN Dipilto-Jalapa--Sendero Las Huellas del Mogoton (arriba del 1600 m), Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua (begging call, call)

Yellowish Flycatcher (Empidonax flavescens) [XC333995]
by Richard E. Webster from Campamento El Triunfo, Chiapas, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes considered conspecific with Pacific-slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

salvini Ridgway, 1886 - Highlands of south-eastern Mexico (southern from eastern Oaxaca) south to northern Nicaragua.
imperturbatus Wetmore, 1942 - Sierra de Tuxtla, in south-eastern Veracruz (Mexico).
flavescens Lawrence, 1865 - Highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellowish Flycatcher (Empidonax flavescens) - 10 files

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