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Buff-breasted Flycatcher

ID Info
  • Buff-breasted Flycatcher
  • Buff-breasted Flycatcher
  • Buff-breasted Flycatcher
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Buff-breasted Flycatcher

Empidonax fulvifrons
  • ORDER: Passeriformes
  • FAMILY: Tyrannidae
Basic Description

A small Mexican flycatcher that just barely makes it into the United States in southern Arizona, the Buff-bellied Flycatcher is easily identified by its cinnamon breast and brown back. It is the brightest of the typically dull Empidonax flycatchers.

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Other Names
  • Mosquero Pechicanelo (Spanish)
  • Moucherolle beige (French)
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