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Least flycatcher Empidonax minimus
Identification Tips:
Length: 4.5 inches
Small flycatcher
Triangular head
Eye ring
Lower mandible orange
Brownish-olive upperparts
Breast has olive wash
Whitish throat, belly and undertail coverts ...
Least Flycatcher
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Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
The Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) breeds across much of the northern United States and most of Canada.
Least flycatchers are abundant in the Weaselhead/Glenmore Park area from May through September every year. Watch for them througout the park.
Least Flycatcher
(Empidonax minimus)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Likely but not confirmed
1997 to 2001: Likely but not confirmed ...
LEAST FLYCATCHER.
[Least Flycatcher (see also Least Pewee Flycatcher).]
MUSCICAPA MINIMA, Baird.
[Epidonax minimus.] ...
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax trailii) ...
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus. Uncommon in fall and occasional to rare in spring in all regions. Found in open woodlands, orchards, and parks.
Hammond’s Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii. Accidental.
Least Flycatcher
Spring Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Spring Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Adults share similar light eye ring and two whitish wing bars with four other eastern Empidonax flycatchers: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, and Alder Flycatcher.
Outside the breeding season, the Alder Flycatcher can be differentiated from Least Flycatchers by the brownish rather than grayish cast to its back, especially the nape.
Last updated 4/13/96 Four of this difficult group of birds are common migrants on the UTC - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, and Least Flycatcher.
 See also: Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied, Pewee, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Wood-Pewee
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