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title: "Willow Flycatcher"
description: "Empidonax traillii — Vogels. The willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) is a small insect-eating, migrant bird of the tyrant flycatcher family native to North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/willow-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Willow Flycatcher

> Empidonax traillii — Vogels. The willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) is a small insect-eating, migrant bird of the tyrant flycatcher family native to North America.

- Scientific name: *Empidonax traillii*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 11997
- Wikidata: [Q903847](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q903847)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16611](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16611)

## Names

- en: Willow Flycatcher
- de: Weidentyrann
- es: Papamoscas Saucero
- fr: Moucherolle des saules
- pt: Maria-fibiu
- pl: Empidonka mała

## Countries with the most observations

US (5110), CA (1718), MX (93), HN (43), SV (27), CO (20), PA (18), CR (7), NI (4), GT (3)

## Summary

The willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) is a small insect-eating, migrant bird of the tyrant flycatcher family native to North America.

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

## Photo

![Willow Flycatcher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/willow-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34150957

## Machine access

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