Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Empidonax fulvifrons) - HBW 9, p. 365
French: Moucherolle beige
German: Orangebrust-Schnäppertyrann
Spanish: Mosquero Pechicanelo
Taxonomy: Muscicapa fulvifrons Giraud, 1841, Miquiahuana, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Validity of several races doubted, nominate and brodkorbi known only from holotype specimens; further work necessary. Six subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pygmaeus Coues, 1865 - SW USA (EC & SE Arizona, at least formerly WC & SW New Mexico) and NW Mexico (Sonora, S Coahuila); winters SC Mexico (S to Michoacán and Morelos).
- rubicundus Cabanis & Heine, 1859 - highlands in C Mexico locally from Durango S to Morelos and Puebla; winters S to Guatemala.
- fulvifrons (Giraud, 1841) - Tamaulipas (E Mexico).
- pygmaeus Coues, 1865 - SW USA (EC & SE Arizona, at least formerly WC & SW New Mexico) and NW Mexico (Sonora, S Coahuila); winters SC Mexico (S to Michoacán and Morelos).
- rubicundus Cabanis & Heine, 1859 - highlands in C Mexico locally from Durango S to Morelos and Puebla; winters S to Guatemala.
- fulvifrons (Giraud, 1841) - Tamaulipas (E Mexico).
- fusciceps Nelson, 1904 - highlands of S Mexico (from Oaxaca) S locally to Guatemala and El Salvador.
- brodkorbi A. R. Phillips, 1966 - S Oaxaca (S Mexico).
- inexpectatus Griscom, 1932 - C & S Honduras.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird feeding a young on a branch Locality Arizona, USA (United States) (ssp pygmaeus)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2004 5 years ago 19 sec 4.5 -
A juvenile bird on a branch Locality Arizona, USA (United States) (ssp pygmaeus)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2004 5 years ago 17 sec 4.2 -
adult hunting calling using bare branches Locality Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA (United States) (ssp pygmaeus)
Malcolm Mark Swan 30 July 2009 3 years ago 36 sec 3.3 -
two birds playing musical chairs Locality Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA (United States) (ssp pygmaeus)
Malcolm Mark Swan 30 July 2009 3 years ago 38 sec 3 -
adult voicing two unlike calls during preening Locality Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA (United States) (ssp pygmaeus)
Malcolm Mark Swan 30 July 2009 3 years ago 52 sec 3 -
two birds watching each other Locality Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA (United States) (ssp pygmaeus)
Malcolm Mark Swan 30 July 2009 3 years ago 31 sec 3
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A bird perching
Locality Portal, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 21 April 2007 4 years ago 0
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Songs Locality Pico Guacamayas, Sonora State, Mexico (Northern)
(ssp pygmaeus)
monicayhector 10 July 1998 3 years ago 3
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