Genus
Empidonax (Empidonax flycatchers)
Empidonax traillii. Photo: (c) lizlovesnature, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
The genus Empidonax is a group of small insect-eating passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family, the Tyrannidae. The genus name Empidonax is from Ancient Greek empis, “gnat”, and anax, “master”.