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Western Flycatcher
Empidonax difficilis
27 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
Hutton's VireoVireo huttoni
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,010,011 |
|---|---|
| Washington | 174,552 |
| Canada | 168,751 |
| Oregon | 87,804 |
| Nevada | 21,494 |
| Alaska | 20,458 |
| Texas | 20,443 |
| Idaho | 18,239 |
| Alberta | 14,079 |
| Utah | 10,419 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Shrub nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in shrubs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Tyrant Flycatchers · Tyrannidae |
| Genus | Empidonax Flycatchers · Empidonax |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Western Flycatcher with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.