Flycatchers, Phoebes, and Allies |
Seasons in KC area based on information from "The Sibley Guide to Birds" (2000) and "Birds of Kansas" (2011) |
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Great Crested Flycatcher - KC area April to September |
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - KC area May to September |
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Vermilion Flycatcher (southwest) - not in KC area |
Eastern Phoebe - KC area March to November |
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Black Phoebe (southwest) - not in KC area |
Say's Phoebe (southwest) - not in KC area |
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Eastern Kingbird - KC area May to September |
Great Kiskadee (south Texas) - not in KC area |
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Cassin's Kingbird (southwest) - not in KC area |
Couch's Kingbird (south Texas) - not in KC area |
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Acadian Flycatcher - KC area May to September |
Eastern Wood-Pewee - KC area May to September | |||
| The Acadian Flycatcher is one of several species of flycatchers of Genus Empidonax which are very difficult to identify visually because their sizes, markings, and colorations are nearly identical. Acadian, Yellow-bellied, Willow, Alder, and Least Flycatchers are Empidonax which are in the KC area during migration, and Acadian and Willow stay through the summer and breed. They are about 5.25 to 5.75" long, have wing bars and eye rings, have generally greenish backs and pale or yellowish breasts. Empidonax flycatchers are most easily distinguished by their voices. Acadian voice sounds like "pizza", Alder says "free beer", Least says "chebek", Willow says "ritzbew", and Yellow-bellied says a hoarse "chebunk. " |
