Tyrant Flycatchers in Texas
Our list for Texas has 8 tyrant flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Texas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–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