Mionectes macconnelli
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
McConnell's flycatcher (Mionectes macconnelli) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. McConnell's flycatcher was described by the English ornithologist Charles Chubb in 1919 as a subspecies of the ochre-bellied flycatcher. He coined the trinomial name Pipromorpha oleaginea macconnelli and specified the type location as the Kamakabra River in British Guiana. The name macconnelli was chosen to honor the memory of Frederick Vavasour McConnell (1868-1914), an English traveller and collector. It was treated as a separate species by the American ornithologist Clyde Todd in 1921, and was placed in the genus Mionectes by Melvin Traylor in Volume 8 of the Check-list of Birds of the World published in 1979.
The further taxonomy of McConnell's flycatcher is unsettled. The Clements taxonomy adds a third subspecies, M. m. amazonas. Clements... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a McConnell's Flycatcher sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 75th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a McConnell's Flycatcher in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–April and October, the lowest months. May to July have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most McConnell's Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate McConnell's Flycatcher sightings, Brownsberg Nature Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Manu National Park (Peru, under 5%) and Amboró National Park (Bolivia, under 5%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the McConnell's Flycatcher that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Rusty-margined Flycatcher (about 40%), Slender-footed Tyrannulet (about 40%) and Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the McConnell's Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (60 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.
