The yellow-bellied flycatcher is a small (chickadee size), migratory, boreal bird that flies under the radar for most people. Little is known about this elusive species nicknamed the “moss tyrant” (“tyrant” taken from the flycatcher family name Tyrannidae and “moss” given its habitat preference).
Within its genus, Empidonax (from Greek “master of the gnats”), it is the most distinctive species member in appearance, with a yellow
