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Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus · Family Tyrannidae
Empidonax minimus
Family Tyrannidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,438,295
- Countries and territories with records
- 20
About this species
This species has 1,438,295 occurrence records from 20 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (59.2%), Canada (33.8%), Mexico (3.7%), Belize (1.4%) and Guatemala (1%); together they account for 99.1% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.076% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Empidonax minimus combines the genus name Empidonax with the species epithet minimus. The Warbla app catalog lists 14 species of the genus Empidonax; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Empidonax difficilis, Empidonax traillii and Empidonax virescens.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 423 species of the family Tyrannidae. This species ranks 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sayornis phoebe. Its record count is 10.4 times the family average (137,762). The family Tyrannidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.