Tyranneutes virescens
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In 3 days ~10%
The tiny tyrant-manakin or tiny tyranneutes (Tyranneutes virescens) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae, the manakins. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. The tiny tyrant-manakin was originally described by Pelzeln in 1868 as Pipra virescens. It was later transferred to genus Tyranneutes that Sclater and Salvin erected in 1881. They named T. brachyurus as the type specimen and it was later realized that T. brachyurus was the same species as Pelzeln's P. virescens so the earlier specific epithet took precedence.
The tiny tyrant-manakin is monotypic. It shares genus Tyranneutes with the dwarf tyrant-manakin (T. stolzmanni) and the two form a superspecies. The tiny tyrant-manakin is about 7 to 8 cm (2.8 to 3.1 in) long and weighs 6 to 8.5 g (0.21 to 0.30 oz). The sexes have almost the same plumage. Adult males have a mostly hidden yellow patch on the crown. The rest of their olive head and their upperparts, wings, and tail are dull olive. Their throat and breast are paler grayish olive and their belly pale yellow. They have a dark iris, a dark maxilla, a paler mandible, and grayish legs and feet... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tiny Tyrant-Manakin sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 205th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tiny Tyrant-Manakin in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and August–January, the lowest months. May to July have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tiny Tyrant-Manakin sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Brownsberg Nature Park, in our data
Brownsberg Nature Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tiny Tyrant-Manakin sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pipridae
The closest relatives of the Tiny Tyrant-Manakin that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (family Pipridae, Manakins) are White-fronted Manakin (about 50%), White-throated Manakin (about 50%) and Golden-headed Manakin (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tiny Tyrant-Manakin is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (6 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.
