least flycatcher

English

Etymology

The least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)

From least + flycatcher, from the fact that it is the smallest member of its genus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /liːst flaɪˈkætʃ.ə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /list flaɪˈkætʃ.ɚ/, /ˈkɛtʃ.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -ætʃə(ɹ), -ɛtʃə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: least fly‧cat‧cher

Noun

least flycatcher (plural least flycatchers)

1. A small insect-eating passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, and the smallest member of the genus Empidonax, native to North America.

Synonyms

• chebec
• chebecker

Translations

Empidonax minimus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小纹霸鹟

• Czech: tyranovec malinký
• Danish: lille empidonax
• Dutch: kleine feetiran (nl) ?
• Estonian: vahtra-salutikat
• Finnish: pikkusieppari (fi)
• French: moucherolle tchébec ?
• German: Gartentyrann m
• Hungarian: törpetirannusz
• Icelandic: stúfgreipur ?
• Italian: pigliamosche minimo m
• Japanese: チビメジロハエトリ
• Norwegian: småempid ?
• Polish: empidonka siwa f
• Russian: ма́лая мухоло́вка f (málaja muxolóvka)
• Slovak: pamuchár záhradný ?
• Spanish: mosquero mínimo m
• Swedish: dvärgempid ?

Further reading

• least flycatcher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Empidonax minimus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Empidonax minimus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons