Myiozetetes cayanensis
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The rusty-margined flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Panama and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay, though only as a vagrant to Argentina. It has also been recorded as a vagrant in Costa Rica.
In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the rusty-margined flycatcher in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Cayenne in French Guiana. He used the French name Le gobe-mouche de Cayenne and the Latin Muscicapa Cayanensis. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognized by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added the rusty-margined flycatcher among the 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. Linnaeus included a brief description, used Brisson's Latin name as the binomial name Muscicapa cayanensis, and cited Brisson's work. This species is now placed in the genus Myiozetetes that was erected by the English zoologist... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 7 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty-margined Flycatcher sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 119 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 221 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.
December
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty-margined Flycatcher in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against about 20% in January, the lowest month. May to July have too few records to rate.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rusty-margined 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 25 parks where we can rate Rusty-margined Flycatcher sightings, Brownsberg Nature Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 40%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Rusty-margined Flycatcher that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Slender-footed Tyrannulet (about 40%), McConnell's Flycatcher (about 20%) 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 Rusty-margined Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (119 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.
