Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilisReviewable (MD/DCRC)    Synonyms: Complex Empidonax difficilis-occidentalis, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, PSFL/COFL.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Aves   >   Order Passeriformes   >   Family Tyrannidae   >   Genus Empidonax   

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The 2023 "lumping" of Pacific-slope and Cordilleran Flycatcher into Western Flycatcher will simplify review of this rare western vagrant Empidonax. Maryland's first record was found by Kathy Calvert in Caroline County on 11/16/2015. It was accepted as MD/DCRC #2015-086.

There are 10 records in the project database.

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Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/15/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/15/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/15/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/15/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/15/2020). (c) Matt Felperin, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Matt Felperin via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/15/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/15/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/15/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/15/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/15/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/15/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/12/2020). (c) Tim Frye, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tim Frye via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/12/2020). (c) Oliver Patrick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Oliver Patrick via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/13/2020). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Western Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (12/13/2020). (c) Dany Sloan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Dany Sloan via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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