Myiarchus sagrae
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
La Sagra's flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Cuba, the Bahamas, and Grand Cayman in the West Indies and as a vagrant to Alabama and Florida.
La Sagra's flycatcher was formally described as Muscicapa sagre, mistakenly placing it in the Old World flycatcher family. At times it and the stolid flycatcher (Myiarchus stolidus) have been considered conspecific. The English name and specific epithet of La Sagra's flycatcher honor Ramón de la Sagra, who "was the first to make it known to the public".
La Sagra's flycatcher is 19 to 22 cm (7.5 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 14 to 29 g (0.49 to 1.0 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a smoky olive-brown crown that is slightly lighter on its front. Unusual in Myiarchus flycatchers, their... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba |
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Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a La Sagra's Flycatcher sighting in Ciénaga de Zapata on a given day, based on 422 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 59th most-seen of the 177 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a La Sagra's Flycatcher in Ciénaga de Zapata on a given day, against about 10% in December, the lowest month. That is one of Ciénaga de Zapata's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 150 mm in June. September has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most La Sagra's 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 Ciénaga de Zapata, in our data
Ciénaga de Zapata is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate La Sagra's Flycatcher sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the La Sagra's Flycatcher that you can see in Ciénaga de Zapata (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Cuban Pewee (about 50%), Loggerhead Kingbird (about 30%) and Gray Kingbird (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the La Sagra's Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Ciénaga de Zapata (422 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.
