Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) - HBW 9, p. 361
French: Moucherolle tchébec
German: Zwergschnäppertyrann
Spanish: Mosquero Mínimo
Taxonomy: Tyrannula minima W. M. Baird and S. F. Baird, 1843, near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA.
Probably diverged from other members of genus c. 1·8 million years ago, in late Pliocene or early Pleistocene. Monotypic.
Distribution: C Canada (S Yukon and NW interior E to S Quebec and S Maritime Provinces) S in USA to NE Colorado, N Great Plains, New England and (in Appalachians) NW Georgia. Winters both slopes of Mexico (S from Sonora and Tamaulipas), rarely S USA, S through Central America, at least casually to Costa Rica and C Panama.
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A bird perched and calling Locality Percé, Quebec, Canada (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 15 June 2006 5 years ago 31 sec 4.6 -
Perched bird Locality Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Suchitepéquez Department, Guatemala (Monotypic species)
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2012 6 weeks ago 19 sec 4.5 -
A bird perched, looking around and flying away. Locality Chan Chich, Gallon Jug, Orange Walk District, Belize (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 1 December 2007 4 years ago 16 sec 4.5 -
A bird calling repeatedly Locality Percé, Quebec, Canada (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 15 June 2006 5 years ago 25 sec 4.5 -
A singing bird perched on a branch. Locality El Relleno, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 18 January 2010 3 years ago 31 sec 4.4 -
A front view of an adult bird Locality Point Pelee National Park, Leamington, Ontario, Canada (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2005 5 years ago 17 sec 4.3
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On a branch
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada (Monotypic species)
Guy Poisson 18 May 2008 2 years ago 4.3 -
A bird perched on a branch of a coffee plant.
Locality El Relleno, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
manuel retana 17 March 2010 3 years ago 4.1 -
A bird taking the sun in the afternoon.
Locality Villanueva de Pedregoso, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 11 February 2013 14 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perched on a barbed wire.
Locality Villanueva de Pedregoso, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 12 September 2012 36 weeks ago 4 -
Single bird sitting on a poplar branch
Locality Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
John Pratt 18 May 2009 19 weeks ago 3.8 -
Dorsal view of a perched bird.
Locality Villanueva de Pedregoso, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 31 December 2011 1 year ago 3.8
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Singing adult on territory Locality Bracebridge, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada
(Monotypic species)
Andrew_Davis 24 June 2006 3 years ago 4
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