Attila cinnamomeus
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The cinnamon attila (Attila cinnamomeus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The cinnamon attila was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the Old World flycatchers in the genus Muscicapa and coined the binomial name Muscicapa cinnamomea. Gmelin based his description on the "cinnamon flycatcher" that had been described in 1783 by the English ornithologist John Latham in his book A General Synopsis of Birds. Latham had access to a specimen from Cayenne in the Leverian Museum in London. The cinnamon attila is now one of seven flycatchers in the genus Attila that was introduced in 1831 by the French naturalist René Lesson.
From early in the twentieth century until the 1970s many authors classified genus Attila in family Cotingidae; after that it was recognized as belonging to family Tyrannidae. In the early twentieth century the cinnamon attila and the ochraceous attila (A. torridus) were treated... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon Attila sighting in Anavilhanas National Park on a given day, based on 65 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 71st most-seen of the 291 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–June and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon Attila in Anavilhanas National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April, July and October–January, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinnamon Attila sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Cinnamon Attila sightings, Anavilhanas National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 20%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Cinnamon Attila that you can see in Anavilhanas National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Tropical Kingbird (about 50%), Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant (about 40%) and Great Kiskadee (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cinnamon Attila is recorded against all the birds logged in Anavilhanas National Park (65 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.
