Elaenia flavogaster
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The yellow-bellied elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) is a small bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country, in every mainland South American country except Chile, on Trinidad and Tobago, and on several islands in the Lesser Antilles.
The yellow-bellied elaenia was formally described in 1822 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg under the binomial name Pipra flavogaster. The type locality is Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The yellow-bellied elaenia is now one of 22 species placed in the genus Elaenia that was introduced in 1836 by Carl Jakob Sundevall. The specific epithet flavogaster combines the Latin flavus meaning "yellow" or "golden-yellow" with gaster meaning "belly".
Four subspecies are recognised: In the mid twentieth century at least one author treated the yellow-bellied elaenia and the large elaenia (E. spectabilis) as conspecific. The yellow-bellied elaenia is 15 to 17 cm (5.9 to 6.7 in) long and weighs... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natal | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 6 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Elaenia sighting in Maracaibo on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 41st most-seen of the 89 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Elaenia in Maracaibo on a given day, against under 5% in January, April–May and July, the lowest months. Those are among Maracaibo's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 130 mm in October.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-bellied Elaenia sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
23rd of 34
Of the 34 cities where we can rate Yellow-bellied Elaenia sightings, Maracaibo ranks 23rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Natal (Brazil, about 60%), Recife (Brazil, about 50%) and João Pessoa (Brazil, about 50%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-bellied Elaenia 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 Yellow-bellied Elaenia is recorded against all the birds logged in Maracaibo (30 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.
