List of Birds of Barbados - Tyrant Flycatchers

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, have plain colouring. As the name implies, most are insectivorous.

• Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
• Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens (A)
• Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
• Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
• Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana (A)