Western flycatcher

Western flycatcher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Empidonax
Species:
E. difficilis
Binomial name
Empidonax difficilis
Baird, 1858
Synonyms
  • Empidonax occidentalis Nelson, 1897

The western flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) is a small insectivorous bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is native to western North America, where it breeds in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast forests and mountain ranges from California to Alaska and south to central Mexico; northern populations migrate south to Mexico for the winter.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Empidonax difficilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22699871A137994099. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22699871A137994099.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Tyrant flycatchers – IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2023-07-29.