Tyrant Flycatchers in Ontario
Our list for Ontario has 8 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors and 3 passage migrants
All 8, most common first
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly May
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