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title: "Buschtyrann"
description: "Empidonax oberholseri — Vögel. The American dusky flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri), or simply dusky flycatcher, is a small insectivorous passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/dusky-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Buschtyrann

> Empidonax oberholseri — Vögel. The American dusky flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri), or simply dusky flycatcher, is a small insectivorous passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family.

- Scientific name: *Empidonax oberholseri*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 3387
- Wikidata: [Q1265955](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1265955)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16621](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16621)

## Names

- en: Dusky Flycatcher
- de: Buschtyrann
- es: Papamoscas Matorralero
- fr: Moucherolle sombre
- nl: Struikfeetiran
- pt: Papa-moscas-sombrio-americano
- pl: Empidonka ciemna

## Countries with the most observations

US (1301), CA (234), MX (219)

## Summary

The American dusky flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri), or simply dusky flycatcher, is a small insectivorous passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family.
The dusky flycatcher is one of many species in the genus Empidonax. These species are very similar in appearance and behavior, and they are notoriously difficult to differentiate. The best characteristics for distinguishing these species are voice, breeding habitat, and range.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_dusky_flycatcher

## Photo

![Buschtyrann](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dusky-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erin Springinotic · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215816354

## Machine access

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