The songbirds with fly-catching bills include for family of birds; the Becard, flycatchers, shrikes, and waxwings.

In the sections below will be several blue links for those Birding Gallery page that have been completed. These links will go to a separate page for each species, whereupon, the information about that species will include the scientific nomenclature as well as other information about each of these birds.

Most flycatchers migrate to the tropics in the fall when the northern insect population decreases, but shrikes and waxwings winter in North America

Unlike other songbirds, these birds usually sit on a high perch searching the sky for insects, then launch a feeding foray to capture their meal, and return to the same perch to await the next passing insect. This is primarily their summer season hunt for food and some species continue this much of the year while the insects are available. However, when the insect population is on the wane, many of the flycatchers will search for and eat berries, fruit, flower petals, sap and Great Kiskadee even dives for fish like a Kingfisher does.

099ro Rose-troated Becard, Pachyramphus aglaiae, L 7 in. (Tropic, AZ, RG)

101ea Eastern Wood-Peewee, Contopus sordidulus, L 6 inches

101gr Greater Peewee, Contopus pertinax, L 8 inches

101ol Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus borealis, L 7 1/2 inches

101we Western Wood-Peewee, Contopus virens, L 6 inches

103ac Acadian Flycatcher, Empidonax virescens, L 5 3/4 inches

103al Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, L 5 3/4 inches

103bu Buff-brested Flycatcher, Empidonax fulvifreons, L 5 inches

103co Cordilleran Flycatcher, Empidonax occidentalis, L 5 inches

103du Dusky Flycatcher, Empidonax oberholseri, L 5 1/2 inches

103gr Gray Flycatcher, Empidonax wrightii, L 5 1/2 inches

103ha Hammond′s Flycatcher, Empidonax hammondii, L 5 1/4 inches

103le Least Flycatcher, Empidonax minimus, L 5 1/4 inches

103pa Pacific Slope Flycatcher, Empidonax difficillis, L 5 1/2 inches

103wi Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii, L 5 3/4 inches

103ye Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Empidonax flaviventris, L 5 1/2 inches

101as Ash-troated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens, L 8 inches

101br Brown-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus, L 9 inches (AZ, RG)

101du Dusty-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer, L 7 in. (Tropical, AZ)

101gc Great Crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus, L 8 1/2 inches

101la La Sagra′s Flycatcher, Myiarchus sagrae, L 7 1/5 inches (W. Indian, FL)

099su Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Myiodynastes luteiventris, L 8 1/5 in. (AZ)

099gr Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus, L 10 inches (Tropical, RG)

102ve Vermillion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus, L 6 inches

102ea Eastern Phoebe, Sayomis phoebe, L 7 inches

102bl Black Phoebe, Sayomis nigricans, L 7 inches

102sa Say′s Phoebe, Sayomis saya, L 7 1/5 inches

100ca Cassin′s Kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans, L 9 inches

100co Couch′s Kingbird, Tyrannus couchii, L 9 inches

098lo Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicaianus, L 9 inches

098no Northern Shrike, Lanius excubitor, L 10 inches

099bo Bohemian Waxwing, (Bombycilla garrulus), L 8 inches

099ce Cedar Waxwing, (Bombycilla cedrorum), L 7 inches

099ph Phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens, L 7 1/2 inches