Traill's flycatcher

Southwestern willow flycatcher

Traill's flycatcher was a supposed species of tyrant flycatcher in the genus Empidonax, called Empidonax traillii. It was named by John James Audubon after his good British friend Thomas Stewart Traill.[1]

It is now considered to be two distinct but closely related species, which are outwardly very similar but prefer differing habitats and replace each other geographically without significant hybridization:

  • Alder flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum
  • Willow flycatcher, Empidonax traillii proper

References

  1. ^ "About Orkney - Thomas Stewart Traill". www.aboutorkney.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-12.
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