Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Empidonax fulvifrons)

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).

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) [XC419045]
by Manuel Grosselet from Botanical Garden UNAM, Mexico (song)

Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Empidonax) [XC371301]
by Manuel Grosselet from Vieja Carretera a T\u00e1mara , Departamento de Francisco Moraz\u00e1n, Honduras (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 Michoac�n 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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