Myiozetetes similis
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) is a passerine bird from the Americas, a member of the large tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country, and every mainland South American country except Chile, Guyana, Suriname, and Uruguay. It has also occurred as a vagrant in the United States.
The social flycatcher was originally described in 1825 as Muscicapa similis, mistakenly placing it in the Old World flycatcher family. In the early twentieth century some authors treated M. s. texensis as a separate species. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Social Flycatcher sighting in Caracas on a given day, based on 2,818 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 31st most-seen of the 295 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.
January
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Social Flycatcher in Caracas on a given day, against about 20% in July to November, the lowest months. That is one of Caracas's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain against 120 mm in August.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Social 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.
17th of 35
Of the 35 cities where we can rate Social Flycatcher sightings, Caracas ranks 17th at about 30%. The best odds are in Salvador (Brazil, about 90%), San Salvador (El Salvador, about 70%) and João Pessoa (Brazil, about 70%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Social Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Caracas (2,818 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.
