Variegated flycatcher

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Empidonomus varius-2.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2017 |title=Empidonomus varius |volume=2017 |page=e.T22700520A110739551 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22700520A110739551.en |access-date=7 October 2021}}

| parent_authority = Cabanis & Heine, 1860

| taxon = Empidonomus varius

| authority = (Vieillot, 1818)

| synonyms = * Empidomonus varius (lapsus)

| range_map = Empidonomus varius map.svg

}}

The variegated flycatcher (Empidonomus varius) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. With the crowned slaty flycatcher being moved to its own genus, this is now the only species remaining in Empidonomus.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and the Guianas; it is a vagrant to more northwestern parts of the continent.

Accidental in North America north of Mexico, there have been only ten records:

Maine (1977{{cite web |last1=Historical eBird Records |title=eBird Checklist - 5 Nov 1977 |url=https://ebird.org/checklist/S15455469 |website=ebird.org |date=5 November 1977 |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=en}}),

Tennessee (1984{{cite web |last1=Todd |first1=Michael |title=eBird Checklist - 13 May 1984 |url=https://ebird.org/checklist/S5434772 |website=ebird.org |date=13 May 1984 |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=en}}),

Ontario (1993,{{cite web |last1=Curry |first1=Bob |title=eBird Canada Checklist - 8 Oct 1993 |url=https://ebird.org/canada/checklist/S39199134 |website=ebird.org |date=8 October 1993 |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=en}}

2020{{cite web |last1=Lafond |first1=Janet |title=eBird Checklist - 13 Nov 2020 |url=https://ebird.org/checklist/S76314160 |website=ebird.org |date=13 November 2020 |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=en}}),

Washington (2008{{cite web |last1=Denny |first1=Mike & MerryLynn |title=eBird Checklist - 6 Sep 2008 |url=https://ebird.org/checklist/S49273552 |website=ebird.org |date=6 September 2008 |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=en}}),

Florida (2013,{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Diane |title=eBird Checklist - 5 Jun 2013 |url=https://ebird.org/checklist/S29987761 |website=ebird.org |date=5 June 2013 |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=en}}

2015,{{cite web |last1=Berney |first1=Mark |title=eBird Checklist - 24 Oct 2015 |url=https://ebird.org/checklist/S25549118 |website=ebird.org|date=24 October 2015 |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=en}}

2021{{cite web |last1=Sheppard |first1=James |title=eBird Checklist - 13 Sep 2021 |url=https://ebird.org/checklist/S94657335 |website=ebird.org |date=13 September 2021 |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=en}}),

Texas (2016{{cite web |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Javi |title=eBird Checklist - 28 Sep 2016 |url=https://ebird.org/checklist/S31805104 |website=ebird.org |date=28 September 2016 |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=en}}),

and Michigan (2022{{cite web |last1=Friedman |first1=Darlene |title=eBird Checklist - 16 Oct 2022 |url=https://ebird.org/checklist/S120870064 |website=ebird.org |date=16 October 2022 |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=en}}).

It is similar to the smaller piratic flycatcher and larger sulphur-bellied flycatcher.