Tyrant Flycatchers in Nova Scotia
Our list for Nova Scotia has 7 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nova Scotia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorRare17–22 cmRegularly May–Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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