Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Willow Flycatcher

Empidonax traillii

Spanish: Papamoscas Saucero

Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
Photographed by santiagob1986 on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) is a small insect-eating, neotropical migrant bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. There are four subspecies of the willow flycatcher currently recognized, all of which breed in North America (including three subspecies that breed in California). Empidonax flycatchers are almost impossible to tell apart in the field so biologists use their songs to distinguish between them. The binomial commemorates the Scottish zoologist Thomas Stewart Traill. Most often recorded in Dec.

TaxonomyAves › Passeriformes › Tyrannidae
Local records1 research-grade observation within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records12,038 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2025 – 2025
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/empidonax-traillii/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.