Empidonax
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Empidonax | image = SWWillowFlycatcher23.jpg | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Tyrranidae | genus = Empidonax | genus_authority = Cabanis 1855</small> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}
The genus Empidonax is a group of small insect-eating passerine birds in the Tyrant flycatcher family, the Tyrannidae.
These birds are remarkably similar in plumage: olive on the upper parts with light underparts, eye rings and wing bars. In the nesting season, they may be distinguished on range, habitat and call; in other situations, it may not be possible to be sure of specific identification.
Empidonax flycatchers often flick their wings and tails rapidly.
Euler's Flycatcher, Lathrotriccus euleri and Gray-breasted Flycatcher, Lathrotriccus griseipectus were formerly placed in Empidonax, but differ anatomically and biochemically and are now split as the genus Lathrotriccus.
Species
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Empidonax flaviventris
- Acadian Flycatcher, Empidonax virescens
- Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum
- Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii
- White-throated Flycatcher, Empidonax albigularis
- Least Flycatcher, Empidonax minimus
- Hammond's Flycatcher, Empidonax hammondii
- Gray Flycatcher, Empidonax wrightii
- Dusky Flycatcher, Empidonax oberholseri
- Pine Flycatcher, Empidonax affinis
- Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Empidonax difficilis
- Cordilleran Flycatcher, Empidonax occidentalis
- Yellowish Flycatcher, Empidonax flavescens
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Empidonax fulvifrons
- Black-capped Flycatcher, Empidonax atriceps