Mionectes macconnelli
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
McConnell's flycatcher (Mionectes macconnelli) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. McConnell's flycatcher was described by the English ornithologist Charles Chubb in 1919 as a subspecies of the ochre-bellied flycatcher. He coined the trinomial name Pipromorpha oleaginea macconnelli and specified the type location as the Kamakabra River in British Guiana. The name macconnelli was chosen to honor the memory of Frederick Vavasour McConnell (1868-1914), an English traveller and collector. It was treated as a separate species by the American ornithologist Clyde Todd in 1921, and was placed in the genus Mionectes by Melvin Traylor in Volume 8 of the Check-list of Birds of the World published in 1979.
The further taxonomy of McConnell's flycatcher is unsettled. The Clements taxonomy adds a third subspecies, M. m. amazonas. Clements... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a McConnell's Flycatcher sighting in Amboró National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 189th most-seen of the 273 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.
November
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a McConnell's Flycatcher in Amboró National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–October and December–May, the lowest months. June has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most McConnell's Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate McConnell's Flycatcher sightings, Amboró National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 20%) and Manu National Park (Peru, under 5%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the McConnell's Flycatcher that you can see in Amboró National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Black Phoebe (about 60%), Yellow-olive Flycatcher (about 40%) and Sepia-capped Flycatcher (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the McConnell's Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Amboró National Park (14 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.
