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Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii.
Uncommon transient, rare summer resident. This species once nested in prairie ravine thickets in Benton County in Rogers, according to Dean Crooks who reported having found nine nests in a half-mile area (Baerg 1951). A single singing bird was heard and observed in the willow fringe on the east side of Lake Sequoyah in June 1984, and one was at Lake Bentonville in summer of 1986 and 1988. Willow Flycatchers were heard as they sang in the Lake Fayetteville area at the same time as Alder Flycatchers were present in May 1984. There are several additional June records.

Least Flycatcher, Empidonax minimus.
April 22 to May 30+ and August 16 - October 2. Fairly common transient, especially in spring. Fall records are based upon presence of a conspicuous, complete eyering and "whit" calls in forest edge habitat. One was reported on a Breeding Bird Survey in Van Buren County in 1974.

Great Crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus.
April 17 to october 10. Common summer resident. In the Arkansas Ozarks this large flycatcher is heard or observed in mature or fairly mature forests, either along the edges or in openings within the forest. It is found regularly until late summer, and infrequently thereafter. It attracts attention to itself by distinctive calls, but after summer these calls aren't often heard.