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Buff-breasted Flycatcher

Empidonax fulvifrons

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Code 4

BBFL

Code 6

EMPFUL

ITIS

178352

ILLUSTRATION

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CONSERVATION STATUS

Least-Concern

The Buff-breasted Flycatcher is native to the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. The range of this bird is more than half a million square kilometers. The Buff-breasted Flycatcher is believed to have a fairly extensive population that could reach up into the millions. Previously, this bird was evaluated as Lower Risk. Due to the size of the range and the population of the Buff-breasted Flycatcher, it now has an evaluation of Least Concern and is not considered to be in immediate danger.

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SUMMARY

Overview

Buff-breasted Flycatcher: Smallest Empidonax flycatcher; fresh adult has gray-brown upperparts and pale underparts washed with yellow and cinnamon. White eyering is distinct; two wingbars are white. Short bill with black upper mandible and yellow to pink lower mandible. Legs and feet are gray-black.


Range and Habitat

Buff-breasted Flycatcher: Found in open pine-oak woodlands in the mountains of southeastern Arizona, rarely found in extreme southwestern New Mexico.

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SONGS AND CALLS

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Buff-breasted Flycatcher

Voice Text

"pit", "chee-lick", "chee-lick-chou"

INTERESTING FACTS

  • The Buff-breasted Flycatcher is the smallest, rarest, and most easily recognizable member of the genus Empidonax in the United States.
  • Before 1999 this species had not been documented in Texas.
  • A group of flycatchers has many collective nouns, including an "outfield", "swatting", "zapper", and "zipper" of flycatchers.

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RANGE MAP

Range Map for Buff-breasted Flycatcher

TERMINOLOGY

CREDITS

Author

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Artist

David Wenzel

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BINOCULARS AND OPTICS FOR BIRDING

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UnderpartsX
Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
Lower mandibleX
The lower part of the bill.
Upper mandibleX
The upper part of the bill.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Head Feathers and MarkingsX
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