#empidonax

[herpsandbirds]

So I'm a birdwatcher and I, like most people, can't visually tell the empidonax flycatchers apart. May I request some empidonax flycatchers? Maybe a wood-peewee, too, to add to the confusion?

ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME CRY????

Here are 3 of my favorites...

Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus), family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes, Sonora, Mexico

photograph by David F Smith

NO IM PRTTY SURE ITS AN ACADIAN< ITS WING BARS ARE MORE BUFFY AND LESS EGGSHELL...

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens), family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes, South Padre Island, TX, USA

photograph by Dan Jones

NO NO LISTEN TO THE LOUD MEEP CALL!!!

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris), family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes, Erie, NY, USA

photograph by Sue Barth

[jadafitch]

Another dream job! Illustrating an article by Kenn Kaufman for National Audubon Society , about identifying flycatchers and knowing their favorite foods. Find out when and where to find midges, mayflies, termites, tent caterpillars and cicadas, in this spring’s issue of Audubon Magazine.

[best-bird-tournament]

Empidonax flycatcher - round 1, section 2

Which is the best bird?

Black-capped flycatcher

Western flycatcher

Buff-breasted flycatcher

Yellowish flycatcher

Pine flycatcher

American dusky flycatcher

American grey flycatcher

Voting ended onMay 3, 2025

[snailkites]

Very bad photo of a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. I got my lifer in DC some years ago but couldn't catch one in Virginia for my state list. A full week of trying every single morning eventually netted me one in my patch. Then I visited Maryland and found one immediately (pictured).

[na-bird-of-the-day]

Hello!! The last ask about CR birds inspired me, have you done the white-eared ground-sparrow? They're one of my favorite sparrows! Also I appreciate this blog, always love seeing the posts on my dash :)

That one's actually been in my drafts! I'll queue it for you :) and thank you for the kind words!

[brooklynbridgebirds]

Empidonax flycatcher (likely Willow Flycatcher but didn't vocalize) Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6

[hello-birdies]

Empidonax flaviventris by Daniel Jauvin

[tinylongwing]

Hammond’s Flycatcher. Quick painting for a poster on Yosemite’s songbirds to be presented at the American Ornithological Society 2019 meeting in Alaska. Come find us there!