Tyrant Flycatchers in Rhode Island
Our list for Rhode Island has 6 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Rhode Island in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Jun
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
- Great Crested Flycatcher 17–22 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