Sulphur-bellied flycatcher turns up at Golden Gate Park

October 18, 2026

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A was recorded at Golden Gate Park–Middle Lake on 2026-10-14, confirmed by a regional eBird reviewer with 844 separate reports through mid-October.¹ This Mexican and Central American breeder is a rare fall vagrant to California, with most records between September and October, making this one of the best-documented movements in recent records.¹

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was confirmed by eBird reviewers at Golden Gate Park on October 14 with 518 separate reports. This species breeds in Mexico and winters in the eastern Andes and is a vagrant on the Pacific coast, appearing only during fall migration events when birds are displaced from their normal range.