Empidonax

Translingual

Empidonax virescens

Proper noun

Empidonax m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tyrannidae – certain New World tyrant flycatchers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Tyranni – suborder; Tyrannides – infraorder; Tyrannida – parvorder; Tyrannidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Empidonax virescens (Acadian flycatcher) - type species; Empidonax affinis (pine flycatcher), Empidonax albigularis (white-throated flycatcher), Empidonax alnorum (alder flycatcher), Empidonax atriceps (black-capped flycatcher), Empidonax difficilis (Pacific-slope flycatcher), Empidonax flavescens (yellowish flycatcher), Empidonax flaviventris (yellow-bellied flycatcher), Empidonax fulvifrons (buff-breasted flycatcher), Empidonax hammondii (Hammond's flycatcher), Empidonax minimus (least flycatcher), Empidonax oberholseri (dusky flycatcher), Empidonax occidentalis (Cordilleran flycatcher), Empidonax traillii (willow flycatcher), Empidonax wrightii (American gray flycatcher) - other species

References

• Empidonax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Empidonax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Empidonax on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN