Tyrant Flycatchers in Montana
Our list for Montana has 6 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
All 6, most common first
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 13–15 cm
- Willow Flycatcher 13–17 cm
- Alder Flycatcher 13–17 cm
- Say's Phoebe 17–20 cm
- Western Kingbird 20–24 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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