Myiarchus crinitus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) is a large insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the genus Myiarchus in North America, and is found over most of the eastern and mid-western portions of the continent. It dwells mostly in the treetops and rarely is found on the ground.
The great crested flycatcher was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with the thrushes in the genus Turdus and coined the binomial name Turdus crinitus. The specific epithet crinitus is Latin and means "long-haired" (from crinis meaning "hair") Linnaeus based his account on the "crested fly-catcher" that had been described and illustrated by the English naturalist Mark Catesby in his book The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands. Linnaeus specified the type locality as "America" but this was restricted to South Carolina by Outram Bangs in 1898. It is now one of 22 species placed in the genus Myiarchus that was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1844. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Great Crested Flycatcher sighting in Acadia National Park on a given day, based on 390 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 105th most-seen of the 243 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great Crested Flycatcher in Acadia National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Crested Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
45th of 57
Of the 57 parks where we can rate Great Crested Flycatcher sightings, Acadia National Park ranks 45th at under 5%. The best odds are in Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 40%), Point Pelee National Park (Canada, about 40%) and Everglades National Park (United States, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Great Crested Flycatcher that you can see in Acadia National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Eastern Phoebe (about 30%), Alder Flycatcher (about 10%) and Eastern Wood-Pewee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great Crested Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Acadia National Park (390 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
