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Tyrant Flycatchers

Tyrant Flycatchers

52 Bird Species
Acadian Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

This 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

Alder Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

This 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 Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

This 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

Black Phoebe

Black Phoebe

This 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

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Like 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

Buff-breasted Flycatcher

Buff-breasted Flycatcher

This 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

Caribbean Elaenia

Caribbean Elaenia

Medium-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

Cassin's Kingbird

Cassin's Kingbird

This 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

Cordilleran Flycatcher

Cordilleran Flycatcher

This 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 Kingbird

Couch's Kingbird

This 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

Crowned Slaty Flycatcher

Crowned Slaty Flycatcher

A 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

Crowned Slaty Flycatcher

Crowned Slaty Flycatcher

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Cuban Pewee

Cuban Pewee

This 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

Dusky Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

This 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 Flycatcher

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

This 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

Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

This 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

    Acadian Flycatcher

    6 Photographs
  • Alder Flycatcher

    Alder Flycatcher

    7 Photographs
  • Ash-throated Flycatcher

    Ash-throated Flycatcher

    13 Photographs
  • Black Phoebe

    Black Phoebe

    9 Photographs
  • Brown-crested Flycatcher

    Brown-crested Flycatcher

    2 Photographs
  • Buff-breasted Flycatcher

    Buff-breasted Flycatcher

    6 Photographs
  • Caribbean Elaenia

    Caribbean Elaenia

    0 Photographs
  • Cassin's Kingbird

    Cassin's Kingbird

    6 Photographs
  • Cordilleran Flycatcher

    Cordilleran Flycatcher

    7 Photographs
  • Couch's Kingbird

    Couch's Kingbird

    8 Photographs
  • Crowned Slaty Flycatcher

    Crowned Slaty Flycatcher

    0 Photographs
  • Crowned Slaty Flycatcher

    Crowned Slaty Flycatcher

    0 Photographs
  • Cuban Pewee

    Cuban Pewee

    2 Photographs
  • Dusky Flycatcher

    Dusky Flycatcher

    8 Photographs
  • Dusky-capped Flycatcher

    Dusky-capped Flycatcher

    2 Photographs
  • Eastern Kingbird

    Eastern Kingbird

    9 Photographs

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Non-vegetated Areas

1 species

Say's Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Sayornis saya

Rimrocks and Mesas, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Dry Western Woodlands
Salt-water-sm

Salt Water

1 species

Black Phoebe

Black Phoebe

Sayornis nigricans

Coastal Cliffs, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands
Human-altered-areas-sm

Human-altered Areas

12 species

Black Phoebe

Black Phoebe

Sayornis nigricans

Coastal Cliffs, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands
Brown-crested Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus tyrannulus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Couch's Kingbird

Couch's Kingbird

Tyrannus couchii

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Gray Kingbird

Gray Kingbird

Tyrannus dominicensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest
Great Crested Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitus

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Eastern Deciduous Forest
Great Kiskadee

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus forficatus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains
Social Flycatcher

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands
Tropical Kingbird

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus 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
Vermilion Flycatcher

Vermilion Flycatcher

Pyrocephalus rubinus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Western Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Tyrannus verticalis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Fresh-water-sm

Fresh Water

9 species

Acadian Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Empidonax virescens

Southern Wooded Swamps, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Alder Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Empidonax alnorum

Streams and Brooks, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets
Black Phoebe

Black Phoebe

Sayornis nigricans

Coastal Cliffs, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands
Cuban Pewee

Cuban Pewee

Contopus caribaeus

Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest
Gray Kingbird

Gray Kingbird

Tyrannus dominicensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest
Great Crested Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitus

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Eastern Deciduous Forest
Great Kiskadee

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
La Sagra's Flycatcher

La Sagra's Flycatcher

Myiarchus sagrae

Mangroves, Clearcuts
Tropical Kingbird

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus 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
Grassland-and-scrubland-sm

Grassland and Scrubland

25 species

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Myiarchus cinerascens

Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Black Phoebe

Black Phoebe

Sayornis nigricans

Coastal Cliffs, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands
Brown-crested Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus tyrannulus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Caribbean Elaenia

Caribbean Elaenia

Elaenia martinica

Clearcuts, Thickets
Cassin's Kingbird

Cassin's Kingbird

Tyrannus vociferans

Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Couch's Kingbird

Couch's Kingbird

Tyrannus couchii

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Cuban Pewee

Cuban Pewee

Contopus caribaeus

Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest
Dusky Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

Empidonax oberholseri

Chapparal, Clearcuts, Dry Western Woodlands, Thickets
Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus savana

Open Country and Grasslands
Gray Flycatcher

Gray Flycatcher

Empidonax wrightii

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands
Gray Kingbird

Gray Kingbird

Tyrannus dominicensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest
Great Kiskadee

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Greenish Elaenia

Greenish Elaenia

Myiopagis viridicata

Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
La Sagra's Flycatcher

La Sagra's Flycatcher

Myiarchus sagrae

Mangroves, Clearcuts
Nutting's Flycatcher

Nutting's Flycatcher

Myiarchus nuttingi

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains
Olive-sided Flycatcher

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Contopus cooperi

Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Piratic Flycatcher

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands
Say's Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Sayornis saya

Rimrocks and Mesas, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Dry Western Woodlands
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus forficatus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains
Social Flycatcher

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands
Tropical Kingbird

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus 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
Variegated Flycatcher

Variegated Flycatcher

Empidonomus varius

Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts
Vermilion Flycatcher

Vermilion Flycatcher

Pyrocephalus rubinus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Western Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Tyrannus verticalis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Forest-and-woodlands-sm

Forest and Woodlands

40 species

Acadian Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Empidonax virescens

Southern Wooded Swamps, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Alder Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Empidonax alnorum

Streams and Brooks, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets
Ash-throated Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Myiarchus cinerascens

Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Brown-crested Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus tyrannulus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Buff-breasted Flycatcher

Buff-breasted Flycatcher

Empidonax fulvifrons

Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Caribbean Elaenia

Caribbean Elaenia

Elaenia martinica

Clearcuts, Thickets
Cassin's Kingbird

Cassin's Kingbird

Tyrannus vociferans

Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Cordilleran Flycatcher

Cordilleran Flycatcher

Empidonax occidentalis

Boreal Forest, Dry Western Woodlands
Couch's Kingbird

Couch's Kingbird

Tyrannus couchii

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Cuban Pewee

Cuban Pewee

Contopus caribaeus

Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest
Dusky Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

Empidonax oberholseri

Chapparal, Clearcuts, Dry Western Woodlands, Thickets
Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Myiarchus tuberculifer

Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebe

Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Eastern Wood-Pewee

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Contopus virens

Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Gray Flycatcher

Gray Flycatcher

Empidonax wrightii

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands
Gray Kingbird

Gray Kingbird

Tyrannus dominicensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest
Great Crested Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitus

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Eastern Deciduous Forest
Great Kiskadee

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Greater Pewee

Greater Pewee

Contopus pertinax

Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Greenish Elaenia

Greenish Elaenia

Myiopagis viridicata

Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Hammond's Flycatcher

Hammond's Flycatcher

Empidonax hammondii

Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands
Least Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax minimus

Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Loggerhead Kingbird

Loggerhead Kingbird

Tyrannus caudifasciatus

Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Masked Tityra

Masked Tityra

Tityra semifasciata

Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet

Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet

Camptostoma imberbe

Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets
Olive-sided Flycatcher

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Contopus cooperi

Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Empidonax difficilis

Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Piratic Flycatcher

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands
Rose-throated Becard

Rose-throated Becard

Pachyramphus aglaiae

Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Say's Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Sayornis saya

Rimrocks and Mesas, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Dry Western Woodlands
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes luteiventris

Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Thick-billed Kingbird

Thick-billed Kingbird

Tyrannus crassirostris

Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Tropical Kingbird

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus 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
Tufted Flycatcher

Tufted Flycatcher

Mitrephanes phaeocercus

Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands
Vermilion Flycatcher

Vermilion Flycatcher

Pyrocephalus rubinus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Western Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Tyrannus verticalis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Western Wood-Pewee

Western Wood-Pewee

Contopus sordidulus

Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Willow Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Empidonax traillii

Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Empidonax flaviventris

Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps
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