Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens Scientific name definitions
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | mosquer groguenc |
Croatian | žućkasti muhar |
Dutch | Gele feetiran |
English | Yellowish Flycatcher |
English (United States) | Yellowish Flycatcher |
French | Moucherolle jaunâtre |
French (Canada) | Moucherolle jaunâtre |
German | Sumpfschnäppertyrann |
Japanese | キメジロハエトリ |
Norwegian | gulempid |
Polish | empidonka żółtawa |
Russian | Желтоватый мухолов |
Serbian | Žućkasta muharka |
Slovak | pamuchár čistinový |
Spanish | Mosquero Amarillento |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Mosquerito Amarillento |
Spanish (Honduras) | Mosquero Amarillento |
Spanish (Mexico) | Papamoscas Amarillo Sureño |
Spanish (Panama) | Mosquerito Amarillento |
Spanish (Spain) | Mosquero amarillento |
Swedish | höglandsempid |
Turkish | Sarımsı Sinekkapan |
Ukrainian | Піві-малюк золотистий |
Revision Notes
Roselvy Juárez revised the account and curated the media. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. JoAnn Hackos, Robin Murie, and Daphne Walmer copyedited the account. Leo Gilman generated the table. Eliza R. Wein generated the map.
Empidonax flavescens Lawrence, 1865
Definitions
- EMPIDONAX
- flavescens
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Introduction
The Yellowish Flycatcher, described in 1865 as Empidonax flavescens, is found from southeastern Mexico to western Panama. Although at some point it was treated as conspecific within the Empidonax difficilis complex, the Yellowish Flycatcher is recognized as a separate species in modern literature. Several formally described subspecies (e.g., floresae, chitrae, and seclusus) are not valid taxa. The nominate group likely represents a separate species (see Systematics History).
As is typical of flycatchers of the genus Empidonax, both sexes look alike, and the differences between ages are subtle. Adults have olive-green upperparts, pale lores, an almond-shaped eye-ring, and grayish-brown wings with two pale lemon wingbars, and the underparts are primarily yellowish. The extent and depth of the yellow of the underparts vary slightly among subspecies.
It generally occurs between 900–3000 m in evergreen broadleaf and pine-oak forests. This species usually stays close to the ground, in shorter trees and shrubs of primary forests, forest edges, isolated patches of second-growth, plantations, and gardens. It feeds mainly on insects and occasionally on small fruits. Most of the time, the Yellowish Flycatcher remains alone, but occasionally it may accompany mixed-species flocks. During the breeding season, it is found in pairs. Only the female incubates, but the male contributes to parental care.
The abundance of the Yellowish Flycatcher varies from rare to fairly common throughout Middle America. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) evaluates it as Least Concern. Nonetheless, this flycatcher is suspected to be undergoing significant declines.
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