Tyrant Flycatchers in New York
Our list for New York has 8 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New York 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
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
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