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American Grey Flycatcher
Empidonax wrightii Baird, SF, 1858
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
American Grey Flycatcher, Empidonax wrightii, breeds in south-west Canada and western USA and moves to Mexico outside the breeding season. It is a member of the tyrant flycatcher family and belongs to the genus Empidonax. In western North America it is found in dry country, with a strong presence in the Great Basin. It uses sagebrush steppe, pinyon-juniper woodland and ponderosa pine forest. It is set apart from other Empidonax by its downward tail wag, rather than the usual quick upward flick shown by related species.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- North America: sw Canada and w USA
- Nonbreeding range
- Mexico
