Myiozetetes similis
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) is a passerine bird from the Americas, a member of the large tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country, and every mainland South American country except Chile, Guyana, Suriname, and Uruguay. It has also occurred as a vagrant in the United States.
The social flycatcher was originally described in 1825 as Muscicapa similis, mistakenly placing it in the Old World flycatcher family. In the early twentieth century some authors treated M. s. texensis as a separate species. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Social Flycatcher sighting in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 441 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 241 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.
October
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Social Flycatcher in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve on a given day, against about 20% in July, the lowest month. That is one of Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve's wettest months, with about 560 mm of rain against 15 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Social 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.
27th of 68
Of the 68 parks where we can rate Social Flycatcher sightings, Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve ranks 27th at about 40%. The best odds are in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 70%), Masaya Volcano National Park (Nicaragua, about 70%) and Cañón del Sumidero National Park (Mexico, about 70%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Social Flycatcher that you can see in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Great Kiskadee (about 60%), Tropical Kingbird (about 40%) and Boat-billed Flycatcher (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Social Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (441 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.
