Myiozetetes cayanensis
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The rusty-margined flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Panama and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay, though only as a vagrant to Argentina. It has also been recorded as a vagrant in Costa Rica.
In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the rusty-margined flycatcher in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Cayenne in French Guiana. He used the French name Le gobe-mouche de Cayenne and the Latin Muscicapa Cayanensis. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognized by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added the rusty-margined flycatcher among the 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. Linnaeus included a brief description, used Brisson's Latin name as the binomial name Muscicapa cayanensis, and cited Brisson's work. This species is now placed in the genus Myiozetetes that was erected by the English zoologist... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 7 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty-margined Flycatcher sighting in Cali on a given day, based on 1,213 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 8th most-seen of the 226 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and October
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty-margined Flycatcher in Cali on a given day, against about 40% in March, the lowest month.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rusty-margined 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.
Yes
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Rusty-margined Flycatcher sightings, Cali has the highest daily chance: about 60%. Next come Medellín (Colombia, about 50%) and Belém (Brazil, about 40%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Rusty-margined Flycatcher that you can see in Cali (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Great Kiskadee (about 90%), Tropical Kingbird (about 80%) and Common Tody-Flycatcher (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rusty-margined Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Cali (1,213 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.
