Pyrocephalus rubinus
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The scarlet flycatcher or austral vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
The scarlet flycatcher was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1779 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-colored plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Muscicapa rubinus in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The type locality was restricted to Tefé on the Amazon River by the American ornithologist John T. Zimmer in 1941. The scarlet flycatcher is now placed in the genus Pyrocephalus that was introduced in 1839 by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould. The generic name combines the Ancient Greek purrhos meaning "flame-colored... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | León | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Toluca | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | San Luis Potosí | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butterfly World | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Vermilion Flycatcher sighting in Houston on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 219th most-seen of the 302 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 Vermilion Flycatcher in Houston on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Vermilion 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.
40th of 41
Of the 41 cities where we can rate Vermilion Flycatcher sightings, Houston ranks 40th at under 5%. The best odds are in León (México, about 80%), Puebla (México, about 80%) and Lima (Peru, about 70%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Vermilion Flycatcher that you can see in Houston (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Eastern Phoebe (about 20%), Great Crested Flycatcher (about 10%) and Eastern Wood-Pewee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Vermilion Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Houston (64 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.
