Species: Empidonax wrightii
Gray Flycatcher
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Empidonax
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Mosquero Gris - Moucherolle gris
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Tyrannidae - Empidonax - Formerly known as E. GRISEUS. E. OBERHOLSERI was formerly known as E. WRIGHTII; all records of E. WRIGHTII prior to 1939 and most prior to 1957 pertain to E. OBERHOLSERI (AOU 1983). Banks and Browning (1995) rejected Oberholser's (1974) use of the name E. OBSCURUS for this species.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A small bird (flycatcher).
Migration
false - false - true - Arrives in northern part of nesting range in U.S. in April- May (Terres 1980).
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Apparently eats small insects (beetles, grasshoppers, moths, etc.). Forages by darting out from a perch to catch insects in the air. Also catches insects on the ground.
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size is three to four. Incubation by female lasts 14 days. Nestlings are altricial and downy, tended by both parents, leave nest in 16 days, fed by parents for 14 more days.
Ecology Comments
A breeding population of approximately 25 pairs per 100 hectares has been reported in Oregon (Bureau of Land Management, no date).
Length
15
Weight
13
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-02
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-02
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
BREEDING: extreme southern British Columbia (Cannings 1992) and south-central Idaho south to southern California, southern Nevada, central Arizona, south-central New Mexico, and locally western Texas (Terres 1980, AOU 1983). NON-BREEDING: southern California, central Arizona, south to Baja California and south-central mainland of Mexico (Terres 1980).