An Activity Guide About the Songbirds of British Columbia Family TYRANNIDAE: Tyrant Flycatchers

Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) FIELD MARKS This is the smallest of British Columbia's flycatchers. It looks very similar to the Alder and Willow Flycatchers but is usually paler and more greyish. This little bird also has bright white wing bars and eye-rings. Approximate length: 12 cm HABITAT These birds prefer open deciduous or mixed woodlands as well as forest edges. NESTING Their nests are usually built in an upright fork of a deciduous sapling or smaller tree. They are neat little cups of grass, bark, twigs. lichens and plant fibres that are bound together with spider webs. The female lays about four pale yellow eggs. STATUS Common and widespread.