Acadian flycatcher Empidonax virescens
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Length: 4.75 inches
Small flycatcher
Triangular head
White eye ring
Lower mandible orange
Brownish-olive upperparts
Breast has olive wash ...
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax Virescens)
Note: This encounter date & time is approximate, the original date information is '08/04/07'. Species Family: Bird.
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
The Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) nests in the eastern United States, perhaps most commonly in the southeast. It is a common migrant through coastal Texas in the spring.
Acadian Flycatcher
(Empidonax virescens)
Status: Vagrant.
Last recorded on site in 2005
Breeding Status:-
1997 to 2001: Likely but not confirmed
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens. Breeder. Common in spring, summer, and fall in all regions. Found in moist deciduous woods, dense woodlands, and wooded swamps. Low Conservation Concern.
Acadian Flycatcher
Summer Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Great Crested Flycatcher
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Acadian Flycatcher, Empidonax virescens
Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum
Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii
Least Flycatcher, Empidonax minimus
Hammond's Flycatcher, Empidonax hammondii
Gray Flycatcher, Empidonax wrightii ...
Least, alder, willow, and even acadian flycatchers can be found in the western regions of the continent. The latter two are not the only recently split siblings in those parts.
Acadian Flycatcher
Last updated 4/13/96 Four of this difficult group of birds are common migrants on the UTC - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, and Least Flycatcher.
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens)
Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis) ...
Similar Species: Alder Flycatcher, Acadian Flycatcher
Conservation Status: Has declined locally where streamside habitat has been lost. A race that breeds along streams in the Southwest is endangered.
SMALL GREEN CRESTED FLYCATCHER.
[Acadian Flycatcher.]
MUSCICAPA ACADICA, Gmel.
[Empidonax virescens.] ...
In spring there is a possibility of confusion with the similarly greenish and early migrating Acadian Flycatcher (see Remarks under that species) but late fall records should eliminate the possibility of the very similar Western Flycatcher, ...
 See also: Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Pewee, Willow Flycatcher
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