Traill's flycatcher

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Southwestern willow flycatcher

Traill's flycatcher was a supposed species of tyrant flycatcher in the genus Empidonax , called Empidonax traillii. It was named by John James Audubon after his good British friend Thomas Stewart Traill. [1]

It is now considered to be two distinct but closely related species, which are outwardly very similar but prefer differing habitats and replace each other geographically without significant hybridization:

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References

  1. "About Orkney - Thomas Stewart Traill". www.aboutorkney.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-12.