Tyrant Flycatchers in Louisiana
Our list for Louisiana has 8 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Louisiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 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