Myiarchus validus
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Jamaica. For a time the rufous-tailed flycatcher was placed in the monotypic genus Hylonax in family Cotingidae but a 2004 paper confirmed its place among the tyrant flycatchers. The rufous-tailed flycatcher has no subspecies.
The rufous-tailed flycatcher is a large flycatcher, about 24 cm (9.4 in) long and weighing about 39 to 43 g (1.4 to 1.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a smoky brown crown whose feathers form a small crest. Their face is slaty gray. Their upperparts are mostly dull olive with a rufous tinge on the uppertail coverts. Their wings are partially dull olive with wide rufous edges on the outer webs of the primaries and secondaries. Their tertials are almost entirely rufous. The wing coverts have wide rufous tips. These combine to make the wing appear almost entirely rufous when closed. Their tail's central pair of feathers have pale rufous outer webs. The other tail feathers are mostly rufous. Their throat and breast are dark gray that blends into the yellow belly and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park | 🇯🇲 Jamaica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-tailed Flycatcher sighting in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 596 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 91 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and December–January
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-tailed Flycatcher in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on a given day, against about 30% in July, the lowest month. June has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-tailed 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.
Only Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, in our data
Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rufous-tailed Flycatcher sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-tailed Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (596 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.
