List of Birds of California - 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, are rather plain. As the name implies, most are insectivorous.

• Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus cooperi
• Greater Pewee, Contopus pertinax *
• Western Wood-Pewee, Contopus sordidulus
• Eastern Wood-Pewee, Contopus virens *
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Empidonax flaviventris *
• Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum *
• Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii
• Least Flycatcher, Empidonax minimus
• Hammond's Flycatcher, Empidonax hammondii
• Gray Flycatcher, Empidonax wrightii
• Dusky Flycatcher, Empidonax oberholseri
• Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Empidonax difficilis
• Cordilleran Flycatcher, Empidonax occidentalis
• Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans
• Eastern Phoebe, Sayornis phoebe
• Say's Phoebe, Sayornis saya
• Vermilion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus
• Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer *
• Ash-throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens
• Nutting's Flycatcher, Myiarchus nuttingi *
• Great Crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus *
• Brown-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus
• Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Myiodynastes luteiventris *
• Tropical Kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus
• Couch's Kingbird, Tyrannus couchii *
• Cassin's Kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans
• Thick-billed Kingbird, Tyrannus crassirostris *
• Western Kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis
• Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus forficatus
• Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus savana *