Tyrant Flycatchers in Costa Rica
Our list for Costa Rica has 7 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 6 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Costa Rica in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–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