Tyrant Flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae
Tyrant flycatchers are Passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust with stronger bills. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, are rather plain. As the name implies, most are insectivorous. There are 429 species world wide, all found only in the Americas, and 45 North American species.
- ( * SW) Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii
- Gray Flycatcher, Empidonax wrightii
- Dusky Flycatcher, Empidonax oberholseri
- Cordilleran Flycatcher, Empidonax occidentalis
- ( * SW) Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans
- ( * SW) Say's Phoebe, Sayornis saya
- (–L–) ( * SW) Vermilion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher
- ( * SW) Ash-throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens
- Nutting's Flycatcher
- ( * SW) Brown-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus
- ( * SW) Cassin's Kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans
- ( * SW) Western Kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis
- See Tyrant flycatcher
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