| Variegated flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Empidonomus Cabanis &Heine, 1860 |
| Species: | E. varius |
| Binomial name | |
| Empidonomus varius (Vieillot, 1818) | |
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Thevariegated flycatcher (Empidonomus varius) is a species ofbird in the familyTyrannidae. With thecrowned slaty flycatcher being moved to its owngenus, this is now the only species remaining inEmpidonomus.
It is found inArgentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Paraguay,Uruguay and theGuianas; it is a vagrant to more northwestern parts of the continent.
Accidental in North America north of Mexico, there have been only ten records:Maine (1977[2]),Tennessee (1984[3]),Ontario (1993,[4]2020[5]),Washington (2008[6]),Florida (2013,[7]2015,[8]2021[9]),Texas (2016[10]),and Michigan (2022[11]).
It is similar to the smaller piratic flycatcher and larger sulphur-bellied flycatcher.
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