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Genus

Empidonax (Empidonax flycatchers)

Empidonax hammondii. Photo: (c) Pablo Lèautaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

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”.

— Wikipedia

  • Humboldt Life
    • Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
      • Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
        • Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
          • Class: Aves (Birds)
            • Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
              • Family: Tyrannidae (Tyrant flycatchers)
                • Genus: Empidonax (Empidonax flycatchers)
                  • Species: Empidonax traillii (Willow flycatcher)
                  • Species: Empidonax wrightii (Gray flycatcher)
                  • Species: Empidonax hammondii (Hammond’s flycatcher)
                  • Species: Empidonax oberholseri (Dusky flycatcher)
                  • Complex: Empidonax difficilis (Western flycatcher) (1)

Subtaxa

Species: Empidonax traillii (Willow flycatcher)

Species: Empidonax wrightii (Gray flycatcher)

Species: Empidonax hammondii (Hammond’s flycatcher)

Species: Empidonax oberholseri (Dusky flycatcher)

Complex: Empidonax difficilis (Western flycatcher)

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