Myiozetetes similis
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) is a passerine bird from the Americas, a member of the large tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country, and every mainland South American country except Chile, Guyana, Suriname, and Uruguay. It has also occurred as a vagrant in the United States.
The social flycatcher was originally described in 1825 as Muscicapa similis, mistakenly placing it in the Old World flycatcher family. In the early twentieth century some authors treated M. s. texensis as a separate species. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Social Flycatcher sighting in Natal on a given day, based on 47 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 50 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Social Flycatcher in Natal on a given day, against about 40% in March–April and November, the lowest months. That is one of Natal's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain against 15 mm in November. January–February and June have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Social 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.
12th of 35
Of the 35 cities where we can rate Social Flycatcher sightings, Natal ranks 12th at about 50%. The best odds are in Salvador (Brazil, about 90%), San Salvador (El Salvador, about 70%) and João Pessoa (Brazil, about 70%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Social Flycatcher that you can see in Natal (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Great Kiskadee (about 90%), Tropical Kingbird (about 60%) and Yellow-bellied Elaenia (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Social Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Natal (47 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.
