Willow Flycatcher

Empidonax traillii (Audubon, 1828)

Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii, breeds across eastern, central and western North America and spends the non-breeding season from western Mexico to north-eastern Ecuador. It is a passerine in the tyrant flycatcher family. The bird was described by Audubon in 1828. It is a migrant species, and its breeding habitat is deciduous thickets, especially willow stands, often close to water. The species is divided into four recognised subspecies, and their songs are the main way to separate them in the field.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Breeding range

North America: e, c, w

Nonbreeding range

w Mexico to ne Ecuador