IORC Record 2010-029

Form: Western Flycatcher
County: Cook
Location: McCormick Place, Chicago
Date(s): 11 September 2010
Number of birds: one
Remarks: Specimen #472922 in the Field Museum of Natural History. Accepted as Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher; changed to Western Flycatcher following lumping of these two species in July 2023 as per the 64th AOS Check-list Supplement.

Documentation submitted:

1. Documentation #1 by Matthew Baumann
   • Supplement #1 to Documentation #1: scholarly article Baumann et al., "Simple technique for distinguishing Yellow-bellied Flycatchers from Cordilleran and Pacific-slope flycatchers," Journal of Field Ornithology, vol. 84, no. 4, pp. 391-396, 2014; with supplements.
   • Supplement #2 to Documentation #1: email communication from Matthew Baumann to Josh Engel, 10 March 2015

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