Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Empidonax difficilis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae (Tirànids)
- GenusEmpidonax (Empidonax Flycatchers)
- SpeciesEmpidonax difficilis (Pacific-slope Flycatcher)
Closest Relatives at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorum
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Pacific-slope Flycatcher at Great Smoky Mountains National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there