ML164328891
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope x Cordilleran Flycatcher) Empidonax difficilis difficilis x hellmayri
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult Male - X
- Sounds
- Song
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
Poor photos of this bird: ML164478891
Observation details
Clear two-part position note on one. Song recorded on another. Also have poor photos. Confirmed as an intergrade by Andrew Rush at UC Berkeley who has studied the WEFL intergrade zone extensively, his thoughts: "The songs that you recorded are typical of intergrades. They appear more like Pacific-slope to me, but the peak frequencies are not as high and, e.g., the second song type in the typical sequence is more rounded. But, the second song type retains the break in the middle, which you really don’t find in pure Cordilleran populations. For pure Cordilleran, you are safest in southern Colorado and Utah and New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. Otherwise, the populations tend to be at least partially intergrades (all the way to the Black Hills)."
Technical information
- Recorder
- iPhone 8
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 8.65 MB