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[[Image:Buff-breasted_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Michael W<br>Location: Upper Picnic Area in Garden Canyon, Fort Huachuca, Arizona]] | [[Image:Buff-breasted_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Michael W<br>Location: Upper Picnic Area in Garden Canyon, Fort Huachuca, Arizona]] | ||
| + | ;[[:category:Empidonax|Empidonax]] fulvifrons | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 11.5-13cm. Olive grey above, white eye ring, white wing bars, darker wings and tail, orange buff breast, small bill. | |
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Honduras to Western Mexico, extending northward in a band to barely enter extreme SE Arizona. | + | [[Honduras]] to Western [[Mexico]], extending northward in a band to barely enter extreme SE [[Arizona]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>==== | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>==== | ||
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*''E. f. rubicundus'' - Mexico (Chihuahua and Durango to Guerrero and Veracruz) | *''E. f. rubicundus'' - Mexico (Chihuahua and Durango to Guerrero and Veracruz) | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Scrub and open woodlands. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes insects. | ||
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| + | A cup nest is placed on a fork in a tree; 2 eggs are laid. | ||
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==References== | ==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 | # 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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| + | Wikipedia | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Empidonax+fulvifrons}} | {{GSearch|Empidonax+fulvifrons}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Empidonax | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Empidonax]] |
Revision as of 17:43, 9 January 2009
- 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
Wikipedia
