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title: "Hammond's Flycatcher"
description: "Empidonax hammondii — Birds. Hammond's flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) is a flycatcher in the family Tyrannidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/hammond-s-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hammond's Flycatcher

> Empidonax hammondii — Birds. Hammond's flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) is a flycatcher in the family Tyrannidae.

- Scientific name: *Empidonax hammondii*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 6740
- Wikidata: [Q1261051](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1261051)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16624](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16624)

## Names

- en: Hammond's Flycatcher
- de: Tannentyrann
- es: Papamoscas de Hammond
- fr: Moucherolle de Hammond
- nl: Sparrenfeetiran
- pt: Papa-moscas-de-hammond
- pl: Empidonka jodłowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (2469), MX (1050), CA (579), HN (64), GT (22), SV (14)

## Summary

Hammond's flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) is a flycatcher in the family Tyrannidae. This small insectivorous bird inhabits the coniferous and mixed forests of western North America. The name of this bird commemorates William Alexander Hammond who was the surgeon general of the US Army. Hammond collected bird specimens for Spencer Fullerton Baird.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond%27s_flycatcher

## Photo

![Hammond's Flycatcher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hammond-s-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/373431462

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hammond-s-flycatcher?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).