Tyrant Flycatchers in British Columbia
Our list for British Columbia has 6 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
All 6, most common first
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 13–15 cm
- Willow Flycatcher 13–17 cm
- Alder Flycatcher 13–17 cm
- Say's Phoebe 17–20 cm
- Western Kingbird 20–24 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made