Tyrant Flycatchers in New Jersey
Our list for New Jersey has 7 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Jersey 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
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusScarceRare28–38 cm
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