Avibase: Empidonax flaviventris (Yellow-bellied Flycatcher)

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Empidonax flaviventris (Baird, WM; Baird, SF 1843)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Peder Svingen	2021-06-15	S Oliphant Rd, Lyman Lake Bog Lookover, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States, Douglas (United States)	-	352304251 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Vincent Giroux	2019-06-20	Sud-ouest du Lac Croche, La Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada, Capitale-Nationale: La Jacques-Cartier (Canada)	-	165996871 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Mike Austin	2023-08-16	, Essex (Canada)	-	603960501 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Glen Chapman	2022-06-15	, Essex (United States)	-	460027871 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Andrew Spencer	26-05-2011	Moose Brook, Coos Co., New Hampshire, Coos (United States) (640 m)	calls (A) - natural vocalization; this is what BNA calls the 'brrrrt' call. Given from a bird just after an aggressive encounter, perched mid way up a small alder.	78727 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Shane Sater	2024-10-14	, Pochutla (Mexico)	-	624977684 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Stanislas Wroza	2025-06-04	La Côte-de-Beaupré (near La Barrière-du-Maurice), Capitale-Nationale, Québec, Capitale-Nationale: La Côte-de-Beaupré (Canada) (650 m)	song - [sono]	1014719 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Richard E. Webster	2014-06-17	Parker Lake, near Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Northern Rockies (Canada) (400 m)	song - stimulated by brief playback, moving along at first, then settling in to sing from the top of a 15m larch; apparently includes the burry little trills at 0:08.5 and 0:32.5; best toward end of recording; largely filtered out an idling water truck; 1st recording of this individual bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	189406 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Oliver Komar	2017-09-11	Hacienda Montecristo--Sector La Quebradona, Copán, Honduras, Copán (Honduras)	- Confirmed by sight. Background vocals include Tolmomyias sulphurescens, Dives dives.	69402821 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Connor Haindfield	2026-06-18	, Hennepin (United States)	-	659926338 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Olman Chaves Calderón	2024-11-10	Esquipulas, Quepos. Puntarenas, Tarrazú (Costa Rica) (260 m)	- [sono]	947360 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Jay McGowan	2026-06-08	, Franklin (United States)	-	659904139 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Dan J. MacNeal	2025-06-30	, Kenora (Canada)	-	640524510 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Manuel Grosselet	2021-01-20	Minatitlán, Veracruz, Veracruz (Mexico) (10 m)	call - wildtronics mono amplified TAscam Dr05 bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	617782 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Paul Marvin	2012-05-26	Appalachian Trail - Saddleback Mountain, Franklin Co, Maine, Franklin (United States) (800 m)	call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	164761 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Albert Lastukhin	2017-01-16	Provincia de Guanacaste, Guanacaste (Costa Rica) (280 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	383315 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Isaí López	2026-02-21	, La Paz (Honduras)	-	651452409 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Nestor Herrera	2026-04-27	, Usulután (El Salvador)	-	656071930 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Richard E. Webster	2015-03-28	Paval, Chiapas, Chiapas (Mexico) (500 m)	call - wintering bird calling from the lower branch of a tall forest tree; interval shortened at 1:42 bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	333973 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Matt Wistrand	2016-05-28	Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Cook (United States) (180 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	318884 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Jelmer Poelstra	07-10-2008	Los Tarrales, Suchitepéquez (Guatemala) (800 m)	call (A) - Originally posted as mystery 1839.	86367 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Tayler Brooks	29-5-2010	East Inlet Road, Coos Co., New Hampshire, Coos (United States) (595 m)	Song (A) -	59189 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Richard E. Webster	2014-06-15	Luyben Mainline Access Road, Liard Highway, British Columbia, Northern Rockies (Canada) (500 m)	call - different individual in same area; I am assuming also RPB because same area and/or stirred up by the other one, which was RPB bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	189054 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris	Andrew Spencer	26-05-2011	Moose Brook, Coos Co., New Hampshire, Coos (United States) (640 m)	calls (A) - natural vocalization; calls from one bird aggressively chasing another, with one 'brrrrt' call and one song at the end of the cut.	78726 xeno-canto.org

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