The Fish and Wildlife Service listed the southwestern willow flycatcher as a federally endangered subspecies in 1995 following widespread habitat loss across its range in Arizona, California ...

Flycatchers often nest where tamarisks have crowded out native cottonwood and willow trees. About 25% of the birds’ territories are in areas dominated by the tamarisk, a water-hungry tree that ...

And in 2000, we reached a landmark settlement with the Forest Service to protect 50 endangered species — including the flycatcher — in Southern California's four national forests. Check out our press ...

Range-wide, tamarisk dominates flycatcher habitat in 27 percent of territories. Most southwestern willow flycatchers are found in Arizona and New Mexico. Approximately 1,300 pairs are known, spread ...

The southwestern willow flycatcher migrates annually from Latin America to the American Southwest, with its estimated range including every New Mexico county, according to the U.S. Fish and ...

A federal court upheld the southwestern willow flycatcher’s protection under the Endangered Species Act following a lawsuit by the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association. The cattle growers ...

The southwestern willow flycatcher migrates annually from Latin America to the American Southwest, spotted in almost every New Mexico county.

Known for its distinctive song and brownish-olive feathers, the southwestern willow flycatcher has been listed as a federally endangered subspecies since 1995. The small migratory bird nests and ...

Willow flycatchers belong to the genus Empidonax, a maddeningly difficult taxonomic group to sort out in the field. We have five species representing the genus that might occur in Mecklenburg ...

Willow, Acadian, least, yellow- bellied and alder flycatchers all look much alike. David Allen Sibley's Guide to Birds lists 37 species of flycatchers in North America, 17 of which might be seen ...

This Willow Flycatcher perched in a toothache tree in April 2020 in Faulkner County’s Lollie Bottoms, an area that exemplifies the habitat the “Arkansaw Flycatcher” likes best.