Tyrant Flycatchers in Minnesota
Our list for Minnesota has 8 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 7 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Minnesota in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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