Tyrant Flycatchers in California
Our list for California has 7 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in California in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–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