Elaenia flavogaster
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The yellow-bellied elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) is a small bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country, in every mainland South American country except Chile, on Trinidad and Tobago, and on several islands in the Lesser Antilles.
The yellow-bellied elaenia was formally described in 1822 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg under the binomial name Pipra flavogaster. The type locality is Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The yellow-bellied elaenia is now one of 22 species placed in the genus Elaenia that was introduced in 1836 by Carl Jakob Sundevall. The specific epithet flavogaster combines the Latin flavus meaning "yellow" or "golden-yellow" with gaster meaning "belly".
Four subspecies are recognised: In the mid twentieth century at least one author treated the yellow-bellied elaenia and the large elaenia (E. spectabilis) as conspecific. The yellow-bellied elaenia is 15 to 17 cm (5.9 to 6.7 in) long and weighs... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natal | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 6 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Elaenia sighting in Belém on a given day, based on 126 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 19th most-seen of the 144 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.
April and May
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Elaenia in Belém on a given day, against about 30% in January to March, the lowest months. Those are among Belém's wettest months, with about 340 mm of rain a month against 75 mm in September.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-bellied Elaenia sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 34
Of the 34 cities where we can rate Yellow-bellied Elaenia sightings, Belém ranks 4th at about 40%. The best odds are in Natal (Brazil, about 60%), Recife (Brazil, about 50%) and João Pessoa (Brazil, about 50%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-bellied Elaenia that you can see in Belém (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Great Kiskadee (about 90%), Tropical Kingbird (about 70%) and Spotted Tody-Flycatcher (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-bellied Elaenia is recorded against all the birds logged in Belém (126 verified sightings), 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.
