Todirostrum viridanum
In 3 days ~10%
The Maracaibo tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum viridanum), also known as the short-tailed tody-flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Venezuela. The Maracaibo tody-flycatcher was formally described in 1927 as a full species with its current English name and binomial Todirostrum viridanum. For a time in the mid-twentieth century some authors treated it as a subspecies of the common tody-flycatcher (T. cinereum) but that placement did not receive widespread acceptance.
The Maracaibo tody-flycatcher is monotypic. The Maracaibo tody-flycatcher is 9 to 10.2 cm (3.5 to 4.0 in) long. The sexes are alike. Adults have a black forecrown and a gray hindcrown and nape. Their lores and the area around their eyes are black. They have a mostly hidden yellowish white patch on the forehead and another above their lores. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are pale olive. Their wings are black with wide buff-yellow edges on the flight feathers and the edges and tips of the coverts; the last show as two wing bars. Their tail is quite short; it is black with white edges and tips of the feathers... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Maracaibo | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher sighting in Maracaibo on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 81st most-seen of the 89 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher in Maracaibo on a given day, against under 5% in November to September, the lowest months. That is one of Maracaibo's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain against 5 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Maracaibo, in our data
Maracaibo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher that you can see in Maracaibo (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Tropical Kingbird (about 90%), Great Kiskadee (about 20%) 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 Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Maracaibo (11 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.
