---
title: "Kleine feetiran"
description: "Empidonax minimus — Vogels. The least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) (also called chebec, or chebecker, after the sound it makes) is a small insect-eating bird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/least-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kleine feetiran

> Empidonax minimus — Vogels. The least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) (also called chebec, or chebecker, after the sound it makes) is a small insect-eating bird.

- Scientific name: *Empidonax minimus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 16933
- Wikidata: [Q944011](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944011)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16602](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16602)

## Names

- en: Least Flycatcher
- de: Gartentyrann
- es: Papamoscas Chico
- fr: Moucherolle tchébec
- nl: Kleine feetiran
- pl: Empidonka siwa

## Countries with the most observations

US (5146), CA (2979), MX (1339), HN (88), SV (55), GT (49), BZ (20), NI (19), CR (3)

## Summary

The least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) (also called chebec, or chebecker, after the sound it makes) is a small insect-eating bird. It is the smallest Empidonax flycatcher in eastern North America.

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

## Photo

![Kleine feetiran](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/least-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: decaturjosh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63295069

## Machine access

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