Boat-billed Flycatcher

Where to see

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua

Cañón del Sumidero National Park leads · 46 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Boat-billed Flycatcher during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~60%
2 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~50%
3 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~40%
4 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~40%
5 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~40%
6 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
7 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
8 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
9 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
10 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
11 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
12 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
13 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
14 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
15 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~30%
16 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
17 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
18 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
19 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
~30%
20 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
21 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
22 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
23 El Triunfo 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
24 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~30%
25 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Boat-billed Flycatcher?

Cañón del Sumidero National Park

In Cañón del Sumidero National Park, Mexico, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Boat-billed Flycatcher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 46 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Boat-billed Flycatcher?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are January and September in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (about 80%), January in Tijuca National Park (about 60%) and August and October–November in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Boat-billed Flycatcher on a given day. Each park's Boat-billed Flycatcher page has the full month-by-month chart.