Ochthoeca frontalis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The crowned chat-tyrant (Silvicultrix frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The crowned chat-tyrant was formally described in 1847 by Frédéric de Lafresnaye as Tyrannula frontalis. In 1966 Meyer de Schauensee placed it in genus Ochthoeca. Wesley Lanyon moved it to Silvicultrix when he erected that genus in 1986. The IOC adopted the change in 2009. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) adopted the change in 2016, the Clements taxonomy in 2022, and the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (SACC) in 2023.
The crowned chat-tyrant's further taxonomy is unsettled. Clements does separate the two pairs within its one species as "crowned chat-tyrant (crowned)" and "crowned chat-tyrant (Kalinowski's)". Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Crowned Chat Tyrant sighting in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, based on 78 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 77th most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July, September and November–May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Crowned Chat Tyrant in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, August and October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Crowned Chat 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.
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Of the 3 parks where we can rate Crowned Chat Tyrant sightings, Chingaza National Natural Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Los Nevados National Natural Park (Colombia, under 5%) and Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, under 5%).
Same genus: Ochthoeca
The closest relatives of the Crowned Chat Tyrant that you can see in Chingaza National Natural Park (genus Ochthoeca, Typical Chat-Tyrants) are Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant (about 40%), Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant (about 10%) and Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Crowned Chat Tyrant is recorded against all the birds logged in Chingaza National Natural Park (78 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.
