Xenotriccus callizonus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The belted flycatcher (Xenotriccus callizonus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is known in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico and possibly occurs in Honduras. The belted flycatcher was originally described and its genus Xenotriccus erected for it in 1927. It and the pileated flycatcher (X. mexicanus) are the only members of the genus.
The belted flycatcher is monotypic. The belted flycatcher is 11.5 to 13 cm (4.5 to 5.1 in) long; one male weighed 13.0 g (0.46 oz) and a female 11.5 g (0.41 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adult males have a mostly brownish olive head with a pointed blackish brown or olive gray crest and a wide white or pale lemon teardrop-shaped eye-ring. Their upperparts are mostly brownish olive with pale cinnamon brown uppertail coverts. Their wings are dusky brown with wide pale cinnamon ends on the coverts that show as two wing bars. They have pale cinnamon edges on their tertials and the same color as a panel on their secondaries. Their tail is dusky brown with pale gray edges on the outer webs of the outer feathers. Their throat is yellowish white. They have a wide... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Belted Flycatcher sighting in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, based on 142 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 63rd most-seen of the 243 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.
January and March–April
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Belted Flycatcher in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month. Those are among Cañón del Sumidero National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in June.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Belted 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 Cañón del Sumidero National Park, in our data
Cañón del Sumidero National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Belted Flycatcher sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Belted Flycatcher that you can see in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Social Flycatcher (about 70%), Boat-billed Flycatcher (about 60%) and Dusky-capped Flycatcher (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Belted Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (142 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.
