Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Taxobox
name = Pacific-slope Flycatcher
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Tyrannidae
genus = "Empidonax"
species = "E. difficilis"
binomial = "Empidonax difficilis"
binomial_authority = Baird, 1858

The Pacific-slope Flycatcher ("Empidonax difficilis") is a small insectivorous bird of the family Tyrannidae. It is native to coastal regions of western North America, including the Pacific Ocean and the southern Sea of Cortez, as far north as British Columbia and southern Alaska, but is replaced in the inland regions by the Cordilleran Flycatcher. These two species were formerly considered a single species known as Western Flycatcher. In winter, both species migrate south to Mexico, where they are virtually indistinguishable from one another.

In plumage, the Pacific-slope Flycatcher is virtually identical to the Cordilleran Flycatcher, and differs only subtly from most "Empidonax" flycatchers in North America, but its breeding habitat and call are different. In summer, the Pacific-slope Flycatcher inhabits deciduous or mixed woodlands, hawking for insects from a hidden perch.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

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External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=5002 Pacific-slope Flycatcher videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?pg=summary&lang=EN&id=A023CB3E5DED3FA1&ts=1139431222731 Pacific-slope Flycatcher] at Avibase
* [http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i4641id.html Pacific-slope Flycatcher] at USGS
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=pacific-slope+flycatcher&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Pacific-slope Flycatcher photo gallery] VIREO
* [http://www.bobsteelephoto.com/Images/Species_Images/psfl/psfl_D9186.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://www.bobsteelephoto.com/Species/psfl.html Article w/photo gallery of Pacific-slope Flycatcher]


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