Legatus leucophaius
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The piratic flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country except El Salvador, in Trinidad and Tobago, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, though in Uruguay only as a vagrant. It has also occurred several times as a vagrant in the southern United States.
The piratic flycatcher was originally described in 1818 as Platyrhynchos leucophaius. It was later moved to its current genus Legatus that was erected in 1859. For a time it was also known as Legatus albicollis. The piratic flycatcher is the only member of genus Legatus.
The piratic flycatcher is 14.5 to 17 cm (5.7 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 19 to 26 g (0.67 to 0.92 oz). The sexes and the subspecies have the same plumage though subspecies L. l. variegatus is significantly larger than the nominate. Adults have a blackish forehead and crown with a partially hidden yellow patch on the latter. They have a wide dull whitish supercilium that extends... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Piratic Flycatcher sighting in Manaus on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 78th most-seen of the 116 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.
June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Piratic Flycatcher in Manaus on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–May, the lowest months. Those are among Manaus's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against 270 mm in March.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Piratic 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.
4th of 15
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Piratic Flycatcher sightings, Manaus ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Belém (Brazil, about 10%), San José (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Cali (Colombia, under 5%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Piratic Flycatcher that you can see in Manaus (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Great Kiskadee (about 80%), Tropical Kingbird (about 70%) and Spotted Tody-Flycatcher (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Piratic Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Manaus (13 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.
