Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Empidonax fulvifrons(Giraud, JP Jr, 1841)
English (US) Buff-breasted Flycatcher
The Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Empidonax fulvifrons) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Empidonax fulvifrons
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Giraud, JP Jr, 1841)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Empidonax fulvifrons pygmaeus
- Empidonax fulvifrons fulvifrons
- Empidonax fulvifrons rubicundus
- Empidonax fulvifrons brodkorbi
- Empidonax fulvifrons fusciceps
- Empidonax fulvifrons inexpectatus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscicapa fulvifrons
- Described by
- (Giraud, JP Jr, 1841)
- Type locality
- Texas; ?error, probably mountains of northeastern Mexico as suggested by Ridgway, 1884, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 2, p. 109; restricted to Miquiahuana, Tamaulipas by Lowery and Dalquest, 1951, Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat. Hist., 3, p. 612.
- Original description
- A description of sixteen new species of North American birds, described in the Annals of the New York Lyceum of Natural History pl.2 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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