Order: Passeriformes (Perching Birds)
Family: Tyrannidae (new world Flycatchers)
Genus: Myiarchus
Species: Crinitus
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Tyrannidae (new world Flycatchers)
Genus: Sayornis
Species: Phoebe
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Updated October 14 2016
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Tyrannidae (new world Flycatchers)
Genus: Tyrannus
Species: Tyrannus
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Updated August 17 2013
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Great Crested Flycatcher (sexes similar) - approx. 21 cm
6 species
Eastern Wood-Pewee (sexes similar) - approx. 16 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Tyrannidae (new world Flycatchers)
Genus: Contopus
Species: Virens
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Updated April 25 2019
Tyrannus tyrannus means King of the tyrants.
Willow Flycatcher (sexes similar) - approx. 16 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Tyrannidae (new world Flycatchers)
Genus: Empidonax
Species: Traillii
Least? Flycatcher (sexes similar) - approx. 14 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Tyrannidae (new world Flycatchers)
Genus: Empidonax
Species: Minimus?
Empidonax species (Yellow-bellied, Acadian, Alder,
Willow and Least) are difficult to tell apart - Least
Flycatcher has prominent eye-ring
Willow and Least) are difficult to tell apart - Least
Flycatcher has prominent eye-ring
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Updated March 18 2021
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Updated November 16 2014
Empidonax species (Yellow-bellied, Acadian, Alder,
Willow and Least) are difficult to tell apart - Willow and
Alder Flycatchers distinguishable only by song
Willow and Least) are difficult to tell apart - Willow and
Alder Flycatchers distinguishable only by song
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
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Unknown Flycatcher - approx. 16 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Tyrannidae (new world Flycatchers)
Species: ?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Genus: Empidonax
Unknown Flycatcher - approx. 16 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Tyrannidae (new world Flycatchers)
Species: ?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Willow Flycatcher (same as above)?
Unknown Flycatcher - approx. 16 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Tyrannidae (new world Flycatchers)
Genus: ?
Species: ?
Eastern Phoebe?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Genus: Empidonax
Willow Flycatcher (sexes similar) - approx. 16 cm - Samuel Smith Park - May 2010
Great Crested Flycatcher (sexes similar) - approx. 21 cm - Toronto Islands - May 2012
Eastern Phoebe (sexes similar) - approx. 16 cm - East Don Parkland - October 2007
Eastern Kingbird (sexes similar) - approx. 21 cm - Leslie Spit - July 2013
Eastern Wood-Pewee (sexes similar) - approx. 16 cm - High Park - July 2009
Least? Flycatcher (sexes similar) - approx. 14 cm - Highland Creek (Colonel Danforth Park) - July 2009
Unknown Flycatcher - approx. 16 cm - Samuel Smith Park - May 2012
Unknown Flycatcher - approx. 16 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2013
Unknown Flycatcher - approx. 16 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - July 2007