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Tyrant Flycatchers52 Bird Species
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Acadian FlycatcherThis species is heavy-billed and long-winged compared to most other Empidonax flycatchers. Upperparts are bright olive green. The dusky-green to blackish wings show two wing bars (whitish in spring, buffy in autumn) and very long primary projection. The complete eye ring is thin and yellowish. The th more... Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 22 cm |
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Alder FlycatcherThis species is nearly identical to Willow Flycatcher. Alder and Willow Flycatchers were once considered the same species, Traill's Flycatcher. The two are best distinguished by voice. Upperparts are olive, with darker grayish tones on head. The blackish wings show two whitish wing bars and fairly lo more... Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 20 cm |
Ash-throated FlycatcherThis is the western counterpart of Great Crested Flycatcher; paler overall. Upperparts are brownish-gray. The wings are slightly darker, with whitish wing bars and whitish edges on the secondaries and tertials, and rufous edges on the primaries. The tail shows extensive rufous, especially on the unde more... Length: 19 cm Wingspan: 30 cm |
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Black PhoebeThis phoebe is instantly recognized by its stark black and white pattern, peaked hind crown, and tail bobbing. The upperparts, head, breast, and sides are black. The belly and undertail coverts are white. Wing feathers show indistinct pale edges. At close range, note the white outer web of the outerm more... Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 27 cm |
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Brown-crested FlycatcherLike other flycatchers in the genus Myiarchus, this species has a long tail and a large head with a short bushy crest. Two subspecies occur in North America. The western subspecies is noticeably larger with a larger bill. The eastern subspecies is smaller and nearly identical to Great Crested Flycatc more... Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 33 cm |
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Buff-breasted FlycatcherThis species is the smallest of the Empidonax flycatchers in North America, with distinctive plumage and very limited range. Upperparts are light brownish. The dusky wings show two whitish wing bars and long primary projection. The tail is short and notched, with obvious white outer edges. The eye ri more... Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 19 cm |
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Caribbean ElaeniaMedium-small Central and South American flycatcher that is superficially similar to North American Empidonax genus. Adult: Olive-greenish above, including head, back, wings and tail. When crest is raised, it exposes this species' white crown patch. Unlike any Empidonax, this species shows an indistin more... Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 20 cm |
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Cassin's KingbirdThis flycatcher resembles a darker version of Western Kingbird, lacks white on outer tail feathers. The head and breast are dark gray, with a black mask through the eye and a conspicuous white malar. (From a distance, it looks like the bird is carrying a cotton ball in its bill). The back is dark oli more... Length: 21 cm Wingspan: 38 cm |
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Cordilleran FlycatcherThis species is virtually identical to Pacific-slope Flycatcher. Pacific-slope and Cordilleran Flycatchers were formerly considered a single species, Western Flycatcher, and their species status remains in question. The two can only be separated in the field by the male's call note, or by breeding ra more... Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 20 cm |
Couch's KingbirdThis Southern Texas specialty is very similar to Tropical Kingbird. The two are best distinguished by voice. The head is gray, with dark lores and ear coverts creating an indistinct dark mask, and a whitish throat. The olive-yellow breast transitions to a bright yellow belly and undertail coverts. Th more... Length: 20 cm Wingspan: 38 cm |
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Crowned Slaty FlycatcherA phoebe-sized flycatcher with long tail. Distinctive dark patch extending from lores to auriculars; dark cap and gray supercillium. Yellow patch on crown. Gray-brown upperparts and pale grayish underparts. Fairly small, dark bill. Juvenile has pale edging on wing feathers. more... Length: 18 cm Wingspan: cm |
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Crowned Slaty FlycatcherLength: cm Wingspan: cm |
Cuban PeweeThis small, olive-gray Caribbean flycatcher is large-headed, long-tailed, comparatively short-winged, and has a longer, proportionally thinner bill than other similar flycatchers. It is dark dusky olive-green above. Head is uniformly dark with an incomplete white eye ring that flares behind the eye. more... Length: 15 cm Wingspan: cm |
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Dusky FlycatcherThis species appears rather drab compared to other Empidonax flycatchers. Upperparts are olive-gray, grayer on the head. The dusky wings show two dull whitish wing bars and short primary projection. The tail appears fairly long and squared or slightly notched at the end. The whitish eye ring is consp more... Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 20 cm |
Dusky-capped FlycatcherThis species is similar to Ash-throated Flycatcher, but is smaller, with a long thinner bill. The crown is gray-brown, darker than the olive-gray back. The wings show indistinct wing bars and rufous on the primaries. The tail has very little or no rufous. The throat and breast are light gray. The bel more... Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 28 cm |
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Eastern KingbirdThis species is easily recognized by its black and white pattern and sputtering call. The upperparts are black, fading to dark gray on the back. Tertials and wing coverts have very narrow pale edges. The tail has an obvious white band at the tip. Underparts are white, with a pale gray band across the more... Length: 19 cm Wingspan: 36 cm |
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Acadian Flycatcher
6 Photographs -
Alder Flycatcher
7 Photographs -
Ash-throated Flycatcher
13 Photographs -
Black Phoebe
9 Photographs -
Brown-crested Flycatcher
2 Photographs -
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
6 Photographs -
Caribbean Elaenia
0 Photographs -
Cassin's Kingbird
6 Photographs -
Cordilleran Flycatcher
7 Photographs -
Couch's Kingbird
8 Photographs -
Crowned Slaty Flycatcher
0 Photographs -
Crowned Slaty Flycatcher
0 Photographs -
Cuban Pewee
2 Photographs -
Dusky Flycatcher
8 Photographs -
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
2 Photographs -
Eastern Kingbird
9 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas |
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Say's PhoebeSayornis saya |
Rimrocks and Mesas, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Salt Water |
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Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans |
Coastal Cliffs, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Human-altered Areas |
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Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans |
Coastal Cliffs, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Eastern Deciduous Forest |
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Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands |
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Fresh Water |
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Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens |
Southern Wooded Swamps, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum |
Streams and Brooks, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans |
Coastal Cliffs, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus |
Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Eastern Deciduous Forest |
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Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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La Sagra's FlycatcherMyiarchus sagrae |
Mangroves, Clearcuts |
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens |
Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans |
Coastal Cliffs, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica |
Clearcuts, Thickets |
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Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans |
Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus |
Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri |
Chapparal, Clearcuts, Dry Western Woodlands, Thickets |
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Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana |
Open Country and Grasslands |
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Gray FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicata |
Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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La Sagra's FlycatcherMyiarchus sagrae |
Mangroves, Clearcuts |
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Nutting's FlycatcherMyiarchus nuttingi |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi |
Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius |
Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands |
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Say's PhoebeSayornis saya |
Rimrocks and Mesas, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands |
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Variegated FlycatcherEmpidonomus varius |
Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts |
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Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Forest and Woodlands |
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Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens |
Southern Wooded Swamps, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum |
Streams and Brooks, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens |
Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Buff-breasted FlycatcherEmpidonax fulvifrons |
Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Caribbean ElaeniaElaenia martinica |
Clearcuts, Thickets |
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Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans |
Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Cordilleran FlycatcherEmpidonax occidentalis |
Boreal Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus |
Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri |
Chapparal, Clearcuts, Dry Western Woodlands, Thickets |
Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer |
Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe |
Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens |
Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Gray FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Eastern Deciduous Forest |
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Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Greater PeweeContopus pertinax |
Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicata |
Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii |
Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus |
Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus |
Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Masked TityraTityra semifasciata |
Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe |
Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi |
Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Pacific-slope FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis |
Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius |
Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands |
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Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae |
Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Say's PhoebeSayornis saya |
Rimrocks and Mesas, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris |
Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Thick-billed KingbirdTyrannus crassirostris |
Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Tufted FlycatcherMitrephanes phaeocercus |
Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus |
Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii |
Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris |
Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps |