Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Yellowish Flycatcher (Empidonax flavescens) - HBW 9, p. 365
French: Moucherolle jaunâtre
German: Sumpfschnäppertyrann
Spanish: Mosquero Amarillento
Other common names: Interior/Ponderosa Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Empidonax flavescens Lawrence, 1865, Barranca, Costa Rica.
Sometimes considered conspecific with E. difficilis. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- salvini Ridgway, 1886 - highlands of SE Mexico (S from E Oaxaca) S to N Nicaragua.
- imperturbatus Wetmore, 1942 - Sierra de Tuxtla, in SE Veracruz (Mexico).
- flavescens Lawrence, 1865 - highlands of Costa Rica and W Panama.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a branch, then flying to another one. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp salvini)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 27 sec 4.5 -
perched on branch, dorsal view; Bosque de Paz Lodge, Alajuela, Costa Rica Locality Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Tom Sykes 13 February 2009 2 years ago 29 sec 3.5
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A bird in the hand
Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 7 June 2003 2 years ago 4 -
A bird perched close to the ground and looking for insects in the rain.
Locality San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Micah Riegner 10 July 2008 2 years ago 3.7 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp salvini)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
On a branch
Locality Santa Elena, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 1 January 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
Frontal view of a bird sitting on a mossy branch in the dark forest (hence the flash).
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica (ssp flavescens)
Pia Öberg 22 February 2001 20 weeks ago 3 -
a mixed flock at the entrance of the PILA Park.
Locality Cerro Punta, Volcan Baru National Park, Chiriquí Province, Panama
Octavio Rios 3 January 2012 5 weeks ago 2.3
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Call notes from a bird perched in understory of dense cloudforest. Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
(ssp flavescens)
Scott Olmstead 19 February 2010 1 year ago 4
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