- Empidonax fulvifrons
Identification
11.5-13cm. Olive grey above, white eye ring, white wing bars, darker wings and tail, orange buff breast, small bill.
Distribution
Honduras to Western Mexico, extending northward in a band to barely enter extreme SE Arizona.
Taxonomy
Subspecies1
- E. f. brodkorbi - southern Mexico (Río Molino area of s Oaxaca)
- E. f. fulvifrons - mountains of northeast Mexico (Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí)
- E. f. fusciceps - se. Mexico (Chiapas) south to Guatemala and Honduras
- E. f. inexpectatus - central and southern Honduras
- E. f. pygmaeus - sw US and nw Mexico (Sonora to Coahuila)
- E. f. rubicundus - Mexico (Chihuahua and Durango to Guerrero and Veracruz)
Habitat
Scrub and open woodlands.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects.
A cup nest is placed on a fork in a tree; 2 eggs are laid.
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
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