Myiodynastes maculatus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The streaked flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every South American country except El Salvador, in Trinidad and Tobago, in every mainland South American country (though only as a vagrant to Chile), and as a vagrant to Bonaire.
The streaked flycatcher's taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, the North and South American Classification Committees of the American Ornithological Society, and the Clements taxonomy assign it these seven subspecies: m. insolens Ridgway, 1887
What is now M. m. solitarius was originally described as a species, Tyrannus solitarius. Though it was later moved to genus Myiodynastes it was treated by many authors as a full species into the twentieth century. By about the middle of the century most taxonomists had reassigned it as a subspecies of M. maculatus. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) long treated... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Municipal Summit | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Flycatcher sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 2,914 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 65th most-seen of the 274 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to February
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Flycatcher in Buenos Aires on a given day, against under 5% in April to September, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streaked 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.
Among the best
Of the 28 cities where we can rate Streaked Flycatcher sightings, Buenos Aires ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Campo Grande (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Streaked Flycatcher that you can see in Buenos Aires (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Great Kiskadee (about 90%), Cattle Tyrant (about 50%) and White-crested Tyrannulet (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streaked Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Buenos Aires (2,914 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.
