Leptopogon superciliaris
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The slaty-capped flycatcher (Leptopogon superciliaris) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found from Costa Rica south to Bolivia and east to Venezuela and Trinidad. The slaty-capped flycatcher's taxonomy is unsettled. The Clements taxonomy assigns a third, L. s. transandinus, that the IOC includes within the nominate. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) treats albiventer as a separate species, the white-bellied flycatcher, leaving the slaty-capped as a monotypic species. Several other subspecies have been suggested but not recognized.
This article follows the IOC one species, two subspecies model. The slaty-capped flycatcher is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 9.5 to 14.8 g (0.34 to 0.52 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Both subspecies show much plumage variation within them. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a slaty gray crown. They have white lores, a thin white supercilium, and a wide dusky... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 12 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 15 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 18 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 19 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 20 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Slaty-capped Flycatcher sighting in Chirripó National Park on a given day, based on 71 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 167th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Slaty-capped Flycatcher in Chirripó National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–June and August–September, the lowest months. That is one of Chirripó National Park's driest months, with about 120 mm of rain against 690 mm in October.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slaty-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.
8th of 20
Of the 20 parks where we can rate Slaty-capped Flycatcher sightings, Chirripó National Park ranks 8th at under 5%. The best odds are in Henri Pittier National Park (Venezuela, about 20%), Amboró National Park (Bolivia, about 20%) and Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, about 20%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Slaty-capped Flycatcher that you can see in Chirripó National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Great Kiskadee (about 40%), Guatemalan Paltry Tyrannulet (about 40%) and Tropical Kingbird (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slaty-capped Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Chirripó National Park (71 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.
