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Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Empidonax difficilis difficilis

Classification

Class
Aves

The western flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) is a small insectivorous bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is native to western North America, where it breeds in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast forests and mountain ranges from California to Alaska and south to central Mexico; northern populations migrate south to Mexico for the winter. Taxonomy The western flycatcher was recognized as a single species until 1989, when the American Ornithologists' Union split it into two different species: the Pacific-slope flycatcher (E.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 87Canada · 16Mexico · 1