Brown-crested Flycatcher

Where to see

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus tyrannulus

Santa Rosa National Park leads · 12 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
2 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
3 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
4 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~30%
5 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
6 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
7 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~30%
8 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
9 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
10 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
11 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
12 Saguaro National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Brown-crested Flycatcher?

Santa Rosa National Park

In Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-crested Flycatcher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 12 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Brown-crested Flycatcher?

Las Baulas Marine National Park and more

After Santa Rosa National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Brown-crested Flycatcher are in Las Baulas Marine National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%), Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 30%). Outside Central America, the best options are El Impenetrable National Park in South America (about 30%) and Cañón del Sumidero National Park in North America (about 20%).

When is the best time to see a Brown-crested Flycatcher?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are March–April, October and December in Santa Rosa National Park (about 60%), May in Las Baulas Marine National Park (about 60%) and February–April, June and September in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Brown-crested Flycatcher on a given day. Each park's Brown-crested Flycatcher page has the full month-by-month chart.