Agile Tit-Tyrant

Agile Tit-Tyrant

Anairetes agilis

Silhouette: Edwin Price · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Chingaza National Natural Park

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

23 Verified sightings at Chingaza National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026
72 In all 2 parks
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Agile Tit-Tyrant

The agile tit-tyrant (Uromyias agilis) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Some late twentieth and early twentieth century authors merged genus Uromyias into Anairetes but by about 2012 Uromyias had been restored. The agile tit-tyrant shares genus Uromyias with the unstreaked tit-tyrant (U. agraphia) and the two form a superspecies.

The agile tit-tyrant is monotypic. The agile tit-tyrant is 12.5 to 13.5 cm (4.9 to 5.3 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a flattish black crest and a long tail. They have a brownish black crown, a wide white supercilium, black lores, and a wide dark brown stripe through the eye on a face that is otherwise finely streaked with black and white. Their upperparts are warm brown and heavily streaked with black. Their wings are dark dusky brown with thin whitish edges on the innermost flight feathers. Their tail is dusky with white edges on the outermost pair of feathers. Their throat is whitish with thin black streaks, their breast, flanks, and upper belly are pale yellow with many thin blackish... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:09

Ecuador · 2026

© Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela · XC1154443 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Duet1:14

Colombia · 2024

© David Monroy Rengifo · XC935570 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:06

Ecuador · 1990

© Niels Krabbe · XC250224 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
2 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Agile Tit-Tyrant in Chingaza National Natural Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Agile Tit-Tyrant sighting in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 125th most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Agile Tit-Tyrant in Chingaza National Natural Park?

September

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Agile Tit-Tyrant in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Agile Tit-Tyrant?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Agile Tit-Tyrant sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Chingaza National Natural Park the best place to see an Agile Tit-Tyrant?

Yes

Of the 2 parks where we can rate Agile Tit-Tyrant sightings, Chingaza National Natural Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Los Nevados National Natural Park (Colombia, under 5%).

Where does the Agile Tit-Tyrant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Agile Tit-Tyrant is recorded against all the birds logged in Chingaza National Natural Park (23 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.

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