Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Empidonax difficilis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae (Tirànids)
- GenusEmpidonax (Empidonax Flycatchers)
- SpeciesEmpidonax difficilis (Pacific-slope Flycatcher)
The western flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) is a small insectivorous bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is native to western North America, where it breeds in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast forests and mountain ranges from California to Alaska and south to central Mexico; northern populations migrate south to Mexico for the winter. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Badlands National Park
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Dusky Flycatcher
Empidonax oberholseri
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii
Say's Phoebe
Sayornis saya
Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalis
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Western Wood-Pewee
Contopus sordidulus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Pacific-slope Flycatcher at Badlands National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there