Phylloscartes ophthalmicus
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The marble-faced bristle tyrant (Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The marble-faced bristle tyrant was originally described as Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus. That genus was later merged into genus Phylloscartes. Beginning in 2016 taxonomic systems resurrected Pogonotriccus for this species and a few others.
The marble-faced bristle tyrant is about 11.5 to 12 cm (4.5 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 10 to 11 g (0.35 to 0.39 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a slate-gray crown, white lores, and a white supercilium on an otherwise gray and white grizzled face. Their ear coverts are white to very pale yellow with a black crescent at the rear. Their back and rump are bright yellow-olive. Their wings are dusky with pale olive-yellow... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Marble-Faced Bristle-Tyrant sighting in Cali on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 208th most-seen of the 226 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Marble-Faced Bristle-Tyrant in Cali on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Marble-Faced Bristle-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.
Only Cali, in our data
Cali is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Marble-Faced Bristle-Tyrant sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Marble-Faced Bristle-Tyrant that you can see in Cali (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Great Kiskadee (about 90%), Tropical Kingbird (about 80%) and Rusty-margined Flycatcher (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Marble-Faced Bristle-Tyrant is recorded against all the birds logged in Cali (6 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.
