Bird Gallery Index

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher image © Greg Lavaty

Family:  (Tyrannidae) Tyrant Flycatchers

Preferred Habitat: Woodland clearings

Seasonal Occurrence: Common in spring and fall migration

Notes: The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is one of the confusing "empids": small flycatchers with wing-bars who are all very similar in appearance. Other empids include Acadian, Least, Alder, and Willow. All the empids have a yellowish wash to their bellies, but Yellow-bellied Flycatchers also have yellowish throats. They are best identified by their songs and callnotes. The song of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is a soft che-bunk, with the accent on the second syllable. The callnote is a soft pyew. Yellow-bellied Flycatchers are often found fairly low in dense vegetation. On the coast, greatest numbers occur in August through early October. View details on Don Verser's Fall Landbird Migration page on our web site.
- Susan Billetdeaux