Willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

That's a very nice species intro, Joe! I had never heard of this bird. Posted 10 years ago

Annette Flottwell

Lion

Hi I don't think this is a least flycatcher Empidonax minimus.
I think it is probably empidonax Traillii.
Why, the orange beak, shape of body (minimus is rounder) and the white ring contrast. Posted 9 years ago
1. Joe Spandrusyszyn
  
  Lion
  
  Could be. Both birds look very, very similar and I don't have enough experience to really distinguish between them (this is the only Empidonax I've ever actually seen). Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    There are more similar species...
    https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/spp_photos.aspx?ss=1&sppid=302&keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=488&width=875
    https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/spp_photos.aspx?spp=1&sppid=196&keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=488&width=875 Posted 9 years ago

The Willow flycatcher

The willow flycatcher is a small insect-eating, neotropical migrant bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. There are four subspecies of the willow flycatcher currently recognized, all of which breed in North America . ''Empidonax'' flycatchers are almost impossible to tell apart in the field so biologists use their songs to distinguish between them. The binomial commemorates the Scottish zoologist Thomas Stewart Traill.

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Similar species: Perching Birds

Species identified by Annette Flottwell