Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Pine Flycatcher (Empidonax affinis) - HBW 9, p. 363
French: Moucherolle des pins
German: Kiefernschnäppertyrann
Spanish: Mosquero de los Pinos
Taxonomy: Tyrannula affinis Swainson, 1827, Temascaltepec, Mexico.
Vocal differences between populations N & S of Isthmus of Tehuantepec suggest to some that more than one species may be involved. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pulverius Brewster, 1889 - NW Mexico, from Sonora and Chihuahua S to Jalisco.
- trepidus Nelson, 1901 - NE Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas); winters S to S Mexico (Chiapas) and Guatemala.
- affinis (Swainson, 1827) - S Mexican Plateau (Michoacán S to Puebla).
- pulverius Brewster, 1889 - NW Mexico, from Sonora and Chihuahua S to Jalisco.
- trepidus Nelson, 1901 - NE Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas); winters S to S Mexico (Chiapas) and Guatemala.
- affinis (Swainson, 1827) - S Mexican Plateau (Michoacán S to Puebla).
- vigensis A. R. Phillips, 1942 - Veracruz, in SE Mexico.
- bairdi P. L. Sclater, 1858 - S Mexico (Guerrero and Oaxaca, possibly Chiapas), possibly also W Guatemala.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, calling once and flying away. Locality San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp bairdi)
Josep del Hoyo 8 April 2009 2 years ago 7 sec 2.3 -
A bird perched in a pine tree, seen from below. Locality San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp bairdi)
Josep del Hoyo 8 April 2009 2 years ago 36 sec 2
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A bird on a branch about 3 m above the ground
Locality Iztaccíhuatl, Mexico (Northern) (ssp affinis)
monicayhector 1 January 2008 2 years ago 2.5
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Two songs Locality Lake Arareko, Chihuahua State, Mexico (Northern)
(ssp pulverius)
monicayhector 14 June 1998 2 years ago 3
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