Tyrant Flycatchers in Alaska
Our list for Alaska has 6 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor and 5 passage migrants
All 6, most common first
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantCommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 13–15 cm
- Alder Flycatcher 13–17 cm
- Willow 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