Buff-breasted Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Michael W
Upper Picnic Area in Garden Canyon, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, June 2005

Empidonax fulvifrons

Identification

11.5-13cm The smallest Empidonax flycatcher

• Olive grey above
• Darker wings and tail
• White eye ring
• Strong white double wing bars
• Rich buff colored breast (most vivid July-February)
• Short flat bill

Distribution

North and Central America: found from Honduras to Western Mexico, extending northward in a band to barely enter extreme south-eastern Arizona.

Taxonomy

Subspecies¹

There are 6 subspecies:

• E. f. pygmaeus - south-western US and north-western Mexico (Sonora to Coahuila)
• E. f. fulvifrons - mountains of northeast Mexico (Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí)
• E. f. rubicundus - Mexico (Chihuahua and Durango to Guerrero and Veracruz)
• E. f. brodkorbi - southern Mexico (Río Molino area of southern Oaxaca)
• E. f. fusciceps - south-eastern Mexico (Chiapas) south to Guatemala and El Salvador
• E. f. inexpectatus - central and southern Honduras

Habitat

Scrub and open woodlands, wooded canyons.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Breeding

A cup nest is placed on a fork in a tree. The clutch consists of 2 eggs.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buff-breasted Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-breasted_Flycatcher

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