Phylloscartes ventralis
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The mottle-cheeked tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis) is a generally common, small species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
Some early twentieth century authors considered the mottle-cheeked tyrannulet and what are now the Panama tyrannulet (P. flavovirens) and olive-green tyrannulet (P. virescens) as conspecific. The three are now treated by many authors as a superspecies.
Some authors believe that the "recognition of subspecies may be unwarranted". The mottle-cheeked tyrannulet is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs about 9 g (0.32 oz). The sexes have the same plumage, and the subspecies also have essentially the same plumage as well. Adults have a short thin whitish supercilium, an indistinct broken whitish eye-ring, a dusky line through the eye, a wide whitish and dusky crescent below the eye, a dusky "moustache", and the eponymous whitish and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 4 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet sighting in Curitiba on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 162nd most-seen of the 247 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and May–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet in Curitiba on a given day, against under 5% in April and September–February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet 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 5 cities where we can rate Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet sightings, Curitiba ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Buenos Aires (Argentina, under 5%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet that you can see in Curitiba (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Great Kiskadee (about 90%), Tropical Kingbird (about 30%) and Cattle Tyrant (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet is recorded against all the birds logged in Curitiba (31 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.
