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Empidonax fulvifrons

(Giraud, 1841)

Buff-breasted Flycatcher

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.106116
Element CodeABPAE33140
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrannidae
GenusEmpidonax
Other Common Names
Mosquero Pecho Leonado (ES) Moucherolle beige (FR)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Conservation Status
Review Date1996-12-02
Change Date1996-12-02
Range Extent Comments
BREEDING: east-central and southeastern Arizona, west-central New Mexico (formerly), south through Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador to central Honduras. NON-BREEDING: Sonora and Chihuahua south through breeding range.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Pine, pine-oak association and riparian woodland, in winter occasionally in open deciduous woodland (Subtropical and lower Temperate zones, in winter casually to Tropical Zone) (AOU 1983). BREEDING: Nests on branch or against trunk of tree, usually 3-14 m above ground. Nests at lower elevations than other EMPIDONAX flycatchers in southwestern U.S.

Reproduction

Clutch size 3-4. Nests in loose colonies.
Terrestrial Habitats
Woodland - HardwoodWoodland - ConiferWoodland - Mixed
Palustrine Habitats
Riparian
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN1B
ProvinceRankNative
New MexicoSHBYes
TexasS1BYes
ArizonaS1Yes
Roadless Areas (3)
Arizona (3)
AreaForestAcres
Butterfly Roadless AreaCoronado National Forest42,296
Cdo WsaCoronado National Forest1,955
ChiricahuaCoronado National Forest76,876
References (17)
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