[MCZ Orn 339348] Empidonax alnorum - species misidentification

[KenBlankenship]

This specimen was examined by J. Trimble in May 2015 and determined to be an Acadian Flycatcher (E. virescens). It may be changed in your in-house database but not in the portal that VertNet harvests new/updated data from. Thanks!

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Term	Value
Modified	2012-12-06 17:09:16.0
Language	en
RightsHolder	President and Fellows of Harvard College
References	http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Orn:339348
InstitutionID	b4640710-8e03-11d8-b956-b8a03c50a862
InstitutionCode	MCZ
CollectionCode	Orn
OwnerInstitutionCode	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
BasisOfRecord	PreservedSpecimen
DynamicProperties	sex: male
OccurrenceID	MCZ:Orn:339348
CatalogNumber	339348
RecordedBy	Charles L. Phillips
IndividualCount	1
Sex	male
Preparations	skin (dry)
Disposition	not applicable
OtherCatalogNumbers	original number=1188; previous number=Mass Audubon Number D.F. 3761
EventDate	1915-04-03
StartDayOfYear	0
VerbatimEventDate	Apr. 3, 1915
HigherGeography	North America, United States, Georgia, Macon
Continent	North America
Country	United States
StateProvince	Georgia
County	Macon
Locality	Montezuma
IdentifiedBy	Charles L. Phillips
ScientificName	Empidonax alnorum
HigherClassification	Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Passeriformes Tyranni Tyrannoidea Tyrannidae Empidonax alnorum
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Tyrannidae
Genus	Empidonax
SpecificEpithet	alnorum
ScientificNameAuthorship	Brewster, 1895
NomenclaturalCode	ICZN

[heliumcell]

This was forwarded to the collection and fixed (on 2015-07-13) - bkh