Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Empidonax

Buff-breasted Flycatcher

Empidonax fulvifrons

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Empidonax fulvifrons brodkorbi

southern Mexico (Río Molino area of southern Oaxaca)
Empidonax fulvifrons fulvifrons

mountains of northeastern Mexico (Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí)
Empidonax fulvifrons fusciceps

southeastern Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala and El Salvador
Empidonax fulvifrons inexpectatus

central and southern Honduras
Empidonax fulvifrons pygmaeus

southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico (Sonora to Coahuila)
Empidonax fulvifrons rubicundus

Mexico (Chihuahua and Durango to Guerrero and Veracruz)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.