Alder Flycatcher

Empidonax alnorum Brewster, 1895

Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family that breeds across Alaska, Canada and the north-eastern USA, and spends the nonbreeding season in north-western and west-central South America. It was described by Brewster in 1895. In the breeding season it uses wet, thick young growth of alder, maple and birch, and in winter it turns to early scrub and woodland edges, especially near water. It is one of the larger Empidonax flycatchers, and can be told from the similar willow flycatcher by its smaller size and the way it flicks its tail upwards.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Breeding range

North America: c Alaska to e Canada and ne USA

Nonbreeding range

nw and wc SA