Tyrant Flycatchers in Maryland
Our list for Maryland has 7 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Maryland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 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