Myiarchus crinitus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Great Crested Flycatcher sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, based on 1,398 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 199 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and June
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Great Crested Flycatcher in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, against about 30% in November to January, 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.
Yes
Of the 57 parks where we can rate Great Crested Flycatcher sightings, Big Cypress National Preserve has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Point Pelee National Park (Canada, about 40%) and Everglades National Park (United States, about 40%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great Crested Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Big Cypress National Preserve (1,398 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.
