Myiarchus barbirostris
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The sad flycatcher (Myiarchus barbirostris) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Jamaica. The sad flycatcher was originally described as Tyrannula barbirostris. The type specimen was mistakenly described as being taken in Mexico.
The sad flycatcher is monotypic. The sad flycatcher is 16.5 to 17 cm (6.5 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 11.5 to 16 g (0.41 to 0.56 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a smoky olive-brown crown and face; the crown feathers form a crest. Their upperparts are more olive with rufous-tinged olive-brown uppertail coverts. Their wings are mostly brown with pale grayish edges on the tertials. Their greater and median wing coverts have a rufous tinge that forms faint wing bars. Their tail is mostly brown with rufous on the outer webs of some feathers. Their throat and upper breast are gray to pale whitish and their lower breast, belly, and undertail coverts lemon-yellow. They have a dark iris, bill, and legs and feet. Juveniles have entirely gray underparts.
The sad flycatcher is found throughout most of Jamaica. It primarily... 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 Sad Flycatcher sighting in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 666 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th 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.
March and December
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Sad Flycatcher in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on a given day, against about 40% in August, the lowest month. June has too few records to rate.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sad 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 Sad 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 Sad Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (666 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.
