Tyrant Flycatchers in Colorado
Our list for Colorado has 7 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 6 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Colorado in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorRare17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Jul
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