Myiarchus tuberculifer
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The dusky-capped flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in the United States, Mexico, every Central American country, Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
The dusky-capped flycatcher was originally described in 1837 as Tyrannus tuberculifer. Its further taxonomic history is complex. At various times at least what are now seven separate species were included as subspecies of Myiarchus tuberculifer. It currently is assigned these 13 subspecies:
Plumage and vocalization similarities sort the subspecies into groups within the species. The North American Classification Committee... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 6 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 9 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky-capped Flycatcher sighting in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, based on 354 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 243 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.
February
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky-capped Flycatcher in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, against about 20% in July, the lowest month. That is one of Cañón del Sumidero National Park's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 260 mm in June.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky-capped 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.
2nd of 71
Of the 71 parks where we can rate Dusky-capped Flycatcher sightings, Cañón del Sumidero National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in El Triunfo (Mexico, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Myiarchus
The closest relatives of the Dusky-capped Flycatcher that you can see in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (genus Myiarchus, Myiarchus Flycatchers) are Brown-crested Flycatcher (about 20%), Nutting's Flycatcher (about 10%) and Great Crested Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky-capped Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (354 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.
