Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorum
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,764
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The alder flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) is a small insect-eating bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. The genus name Empidonax is from Ancient Greek empis, "gnat", and anax, "master". The specific alnorum is Latin and means "of the alders".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Alder flycatcher”.