Salvadoran flycatcher
| Salvadoran flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Myiarchus |
| Species: | M. flavidior |
| Binomial name | |
| Myiarchus flavidior van Rossem, 1936 | |
Salvadoran flycatcher (Myiarchus flavidior) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found from eastern Oaxaca in Mexico into western Nicaragua. It was formerly considered a subspecies of Nutting's flycatcher and prior to that, a subspecies of Ash-throated flycatcher before being split by the IOC and Clement's checklist in 2025.[1]
Taxonomy
It was first described in 1936 by ornithologist Adriaan van Rossem from a male holotype collected at Lago Olomega in El Salvador, and was described as a subspecies of Ash-throated flycatcher as Myiarchus cinerascens flavidior.[2][3] It was later, during the 1960s placed as a subspecies of Nutting's flycatcher and in 2025 it was split into a distinct species.[1] It is considered monotypic.
Description
The Salvadoran flycatcher can most easily be told apart from its close relative Nutting's flycatcher by range. However the two also have vocal distinctions and some differences in preferred habitat.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 van Dort, John; Juárez, Roselvy. "Salvadoran Flycatcher (Myiarchus flavidior)". Birds of the World. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ van Rossem, Adriaan Joseph (12 March 1936). "Description Of A Race Of Myiarchus Cinerascens From El Salvador". San Diego Society of Natural History. VIII (16): 115–118. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ "Salvadoran Flycatcher". Avibase. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
