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Western Flycatcher

Empidonax difficilis Baird, SF 1858




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Tyrannidae
Genus:
   Empidonax
Scientific:
  Empidonax difficilis


Original description

Citation:
  Baird, SF 1858

Reference:
   Rep. Explor. Surv. Railr. Mississ. Pacif. 9 p.198

Protonym:
  Empidonax difficilis

Type locality:
  west coast of United States, Fort Steilacoom, Shoalwater Bay, Washington, Fort Tejon, California; restricted to Fort Steilacoom, Washington by Brodkorb, 1949, Condor, 51, p. 39.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11689398


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  B12B88163F6F5435

Avibase ID:
  avibase-B12B8816

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/B12B8816


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 178348

Geographic range:

  • Empidonax difficilis difficilis: W North America (se Alaska to n Baja); winters to s Mexico
  • Empidonax difficilis cineritius: Cape district of Baja California
  • Empidonax difficilis insulicola: Channel Islands off s California
  • Empidonax difficilis occidentalis: Highlands of Mexico
  • Empidonax difficilis hellmayri: Woodlands of sw Canada to n Mexico; winters to s Mexico
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English:
Western Flycatcher
Catalan:
mosquer del Pacífic
Czech:
tyranovec západoamerický
Danish:
Vestkystempidonax
German:
Feuchtwald-Schnäppertyrann
Spanish:
Mosquero del Pacífico
Finnish:
metsäsieppari
French:
Moucherolle obscur
Croatian:
pacifički muhar
Hungarian:
oregoni légykapó
Italian:
Pigliamosche occidentale
Japanese (romaji):
kinodomejirohaetori
Japanese:
キノドメジロハエトリ
Lithuanian:
Vakarinis empidonaksas
Dutch:
Oeverfeetiran
Norwegian:
vestempid
Polish:
empidonka stokowa
Portuguese:
papa-mosquitos-do-pacífico
Portuguese (Portugal):
caça-moscas-ocidental
Russian:
Западный эмпидонакс
Slovak:
pamuchár pobrežný
Serbian:
Muharka sa pacifičke padine
Swedish:
västempid
Ukrainian:
Піві-малюк західний
Chinese:
北美纹霸鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
北美蚊霸鶲


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Pacific-slope or Cordilleran Flycatcher ( Empidonax [difficilis or occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Pacific-slope or Cordilleran Flycatcher ( Empidonax [difficilis or occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Pacific-slope or Cordilleran Flycatcher ( Empidonax [difficilis or occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Pacific-slope or Cordilleran Flycatcher ( Empidonax [difficilis or occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Pacific-slope or Cordilleran Flycatcher ( Empidonax [difficilis or occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Pacific-slope or Cordilleran Flycatcher ( Empidonax [difficilis or occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Pacific-slope or Cordilleran Flycatcher ( Empidonax [difficilis or occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Pacific-slope or Cordilleran Flycatcher ( Empidonax [difficilis or occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Pacific-slope or Cordilleran Flycatcher ( Empidonax [difficilis or occidentalis])
Clements 1st edition:
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western) ( Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)
eBird version 1.52:
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western) ( Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)
eBird version 1.53:
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher) ( Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)
eBird version 1.54:
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher) ( Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)
eBird version 1.55:
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher) ( Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)
eBird version 2015:
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher) ( Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)
eBird version 2016:
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher) ( Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)
eBird version 2017:
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher) ( Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)
eBird version 2018:
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher) ( Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)
eBird version 2019:
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher) ( Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)
eBird version 2021:
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher) ( Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)
eBird version 2022:
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher) ( Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)
eBird version 2023:
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Pacific-slope Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Empidonax difficilis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Empidonax difficilis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Empidonax difficilis [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Western Flycatcher ( Empidonax difficilis) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: mosquer del Pacífic
Czech: Tyranovec pobrežní, tyranovec západoamerický
Danish: Vestkystempidonax
German: Feuchtwald-/Hochland-Schnäppertyrann, Feuchtwald-Schnäppertyrann, Ufertyrann
English: Cordilleran Flycatcher, Pacific Slope Flycatcher, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Pacific-slope or Cordilleran Flycatcher, Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher), Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western), San Lucas flycatcher, Wertern Flycatcher, Western Flycatcher, western yellow-bellied flycatcher
English, HBW: Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher)
English (IOC): Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher)
English (United States): Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher)
Spanish: Mosquerito occidental, Mosquero californiano, Mosquero del Pacífico, Mosquero del Pacífico/Cordillerano, Mosquero Occidental, Papamoscas Amarillo del Pacífico/Barranqueño
Spanish (Spain): Mosquero del Pacífico/cordillerano
Spanish (HBW): Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher)
Spanish (Mexico): Mosquerito occidental, mosquero californiano, Mosquero Occidental, Papamoscas Amarillo del Pacífico/Barranqueño
Estonian: sekvoia-salutikat
Finnish: Metsäsieppari
French: Moucherolle côtier, Moucherolle côtier ou M. des ravins, Moucherolle de l'Ouest, Moucherolle de l'Ouest ou M. des ravins, Moucherolle obscur
French (Guyane): Moucherolle côtier ou M. des ravins
Croatian: pacifički muhar
Hungarian: oregoni légykapó
Icelandic: Hrís-/kjarrgreipur
Italian: Pigliamosche occidentale
Japanese (romaji): kinodomejirohaetori, kinodomejirohaetori/rokki-kinodomejirohaetori
Japanese: キノドメジロハエトリ, キノドメジロハエトリ/ロッキーキノドメジロハエトリ
Scientific: Empidonax [difficilis or occidentalis], Empidonax difficilis, Empidonax difficilis difficilis, Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis
Lithuanian: Vakarinis empidonaksas
Latvian: rietumkrasta tirāniņš
Dutch: Oeverfeetiran, Oeverfeetiran/Hooglandfeetiran
Norwegian: Vestempid, vestempid/cordilleraempid
Polish: empidonka stokowa, empidonka stokowa/kordylierska
Portuguese: papa-mosquitos-do-pacífico
Portuguese (Portugal): caça-moscas-do-pacífico/caça-moscas-das-cordilheiras, caça-moscas-ocidental
Russian: Западный эмпидонакс, Западный/Горный мухолов, Тихоокеанская мухоловка
Slovak: pamuchár pobrežný, pamuchár pobrežný/kordillersky
Serbian: Muharka sa pacifičke padine
Swedish: Västempid, västempid/ponderosaempid
Turkish: Pasifik Sinekkapanı, Pasifik/Kayalık Dağları sinekkapanı
Ukrainian: Піві-малюк західний
Chinese: 北美纹霸鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 北美蚊霸鶲

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