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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACCIPITRIDAE - Kites, Eagles, & Hawks
ALAUDIDAE - Larks
ALCEDINIDAE - Kingfishers
ALCIDAE - Auks
ANATIDAE - Ducks, Geese, & Swans
ANHINGIDAE - Darters
APODIDAE - Swifts
ARAMIDAE - Limpkin
ARDEIDAE - Bitterns, Herons, & Allies
BOMBYCILLIDAE - Waxwings
CALCARIIDAE - Longspurs & Allies
CAPRIMULGIDAE - Goatsuckers
CARDINALIDAE - Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies
CATHARTIDAE - New World Vultures
CERTHIIDAE - Treecreepers
CHARADRIIDAE - Plovers
CICONIIDAE - Storks
COLUMBIDAE - Doves
CORVIDAE - Jays, Crows, & Ravens
CUCULIDAE - Cuckoos & Anis
DIOMEDEIDAE - Albatrosses
FALCONIDAE - Falcons
FREGATIDAE - Frigatebirds
FRINGILLIDAE - Cardueline Finches & Allies
GAVIIDAE - Loons
GRUIDAE - Cranes
HAEMATOPODIDAE - Oystercatchers
HIRUNDINIDAE - Swallows
HYDROBATIDAE - Storm-Petrels
ICTERIDAE - Blackbirds & Orioles
LANIIDAE - Shrikes
LARIDAE - Gulls & Terns
MIMIDAE - Mockingbirds & Thrashers
MOTACILLIDAE - Wagtails & Pipits
MUSCICAPIDAE - Old World Flycatchers
ODONTOPHORIDAE - New World Quails
PANDIONIDAE - Osprey
PARIDAE - Chickadees & Titmice
PARULIDAE - Wood-Warblers
PASSERELLIDAE - New World Sparrows & Allies
PASSERIDAE - Old World Sparrows
PELECANIDAE - Pelicans
PHAETHONTIDAE - Tropicbirds
PHALACROCORACIDAE - Cormorants
PHASIANIDAE - Grouse and Allies
PHOENICOPTERIDAE - Flamingo
PICIDAE - Woodpeckers
PODICIPEDIDAE - Grebes
POLIOPTILIDAE - Gnatcatchers
PROCELLARIIDAE - Petrels & Shearwaters
PSITTACIDAE - Parrots
RALLIDAE - Rails, Gallinules, & Coots
RECURVIROSTRIDAE - Stilts & Avocets
REGULIDAE - Kinglets
SCOLOPACIDAE - Sandpipers
SITTIDAE - Nuthatches
STERCORARIIDAE - Skuas & Jaegers
STRIGIDAE - Owls
STURNIDAE - Starlings
SULIDAE - Boobies & Gannets
THRESKIORNITHIDAE - Ibises & Spoonbills
TROCHILIDAE - Hummingbirds
TROGLODYTIDAE - Wrens
TURDIDAE - Thrushes
TYRANNIDAE - Tyrant Flycatchers
TYTONIDAE - Barn-Owls
VIREONIDAE - Vireos
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Contopus cooperi
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Contopus virens
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Empidonax alnorum
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Empidonax difficilis
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Empidonax flaviventris
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Empidonax hammondii
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Empidonax minimus
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Empidonax traillii
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Empidonax virescens
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Empidonax wrightii
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Myiarchus cinerascens
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Myiarchus crinitus
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Pyrocephalus rubinus
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Sayornis phoebe
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Sayornis saya
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Tyrannus dominicensis
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Tyrannus forficatus
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Tyrannus melancholicus
Tyrannus savana
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Tyrannus tyrannus
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Tyrannus verticalis
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Tyrannus vociferans
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Acadian Flycatcher
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Alder Flycatcher
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Ash-throated Flycatcher
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Cassin's Kingbird
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Eastern Kingbird
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Eastern Phoebe
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Eastern Wood-Pewee
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Fork-tailed Flycatcher
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Gray Flycatcher
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Gray Kingbird
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Great Crested Flycatcher
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Hammond's Flycatcher
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Least Flycatcher
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Olive-sided Flycatcher
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Say's Phoebe
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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Tropical Kingbird
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Vermilion Flycatcher
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Western Flycatcher
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Western Kingbird
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Willow Flycatcher
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
General Comments
The Fork-tailed Flycatcher's normal range is in Central and South America, but it is famous for vagrancy; thankfully, it is found regularly (perhaps annually) in the eastern United States. There are six records in the state, all but one from the Coastal Plain and all with photographs. One was seen by numerous birders at Cedar Point (
Carteret
) from 1-7 Jun 1986* (Chat
52:54
). One was seen several times traveling north on the Outer Banks on 4 Nov 2001* -- first at Pea Island, then at Bodie Island, and finally late in the day at Nags Head (Chat
66:4
), (Chat
66:74
). One prominently displaying its yellow crown patch was seen for a few minutes by three birders near Wagram (
Scotland
) on 25 Apr 2011* (Chat
75:32
), (Chat
76:3
) (photo on the Carolina Bird Club website). Another was found at the southern end of Ocracoke Island (
Hyde
) on 29 Jun 2020* (Chat
84:129
). One was seen and photographed in flight at Run Hill State Natural Area (
Dare
) on 26 Sep 2023* (Chat
88:16
), (Chat
88:54
). The first Piedmont record came in 2022, seemingly courtesy of a hurricane (Ian); it was photographed at Lake Crabtree (
Wake
) on 1 Oct 2022* (Chat
87:15
).
Breeding Status
Nonbreeder
NC BRC List
The species' status on the List of Bird Species of North Carolina: either Definitive, Provisional, or Extinct, as administered by the NC Bird Records Committee. The Provisional List contains species for which there are less than three accepted sight (i.e., non-documented) records. Species of unaccepted origin are not included on the List of Bird Species of North Carolina.
Definitive
State Status
none
U.S. Status
Definitive
State Rank
SA
Global Rank
G5
Coastal Plain
Five records (see above).
Piedmont
One record (see above).
Mountains
No records.
Finding Tips
1/2*
