---
title: "Birkentyrann"
description: "Empidonax flaviventris — Vögel. The yellow-bellied flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/yellow-bellied-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Birkentyrann

> Empidonax flaviventris — Vögel. The yellow-bellied flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.

- Scientific name: *Empidonax flaviventris*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 5391
- Wikidata: [Q1062634](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1062634)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16603](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16603)

## Names

- en: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- de: Birkentyrann
- es: Papamoscas Vientre Amarillo
- fr: Moucherolle à ventre jaune
- nl: Berkenfeetiran
- pl: Empidonka żółtobrzucha

## Countries with the most observations

US (1712), CA (935), MX (367), CR (223), HN (154), NI (91), PA (48), BZ (46), GT (35), SV (27), PM (4)

## Summary

The yellow-bellied flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-bellied_flycatcher

## Photo

![Birkentyrann](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-bellied-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: unknown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16603

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-bellied-flycatcher?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).