Tyrant Flycatchers in Mississippi
Our list for Mississippi 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 Mississippi in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Jun
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly 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