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Revision as of 22:01, 5 December 2007
- Empidonax hammondii
Identification
5-5 1/2" (13-14 cm). Olive-grey above; light throat, grey breast, pale yellow belly. Conspicuous white eye ring and white wing bars. Song is seweep-tsurp-seep, the last part rising.
Distribution
Breeds from eastern Alaska south to northern California and northern New Mexico. Winters in tropics, rarely in Arizona.
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia -> Phylum: Chordata -> Class: Aves -> Order: Passeriformes -> Family: Tyrannidae -> Genus: Empidonax -> Species: E. hammondii
Habitat
Mature coniferous forests at high altitudes.
Behaviour
3 or 4 white eggs, occasionally spotted, in a well-built cup nest saddled on a branch 15-60' (4.5-18 m) high in a coniferous tree.
