Pyrocephalus rubinus
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In 3 days >90%
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 |
Very likely
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Vermilion Flycatcher sighting in Puebla on a given day, based on 706 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 164 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Vermilion Flycatcher in Puebla on a given day, against about 60% in April, the lowest month. That is one of Puebla's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 170 mm in September.
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.
Among the best
Of the 41 cities where we can rate Vermilion Flycatcher sightings, Puebla ranks 2nd at about 80%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in León (México, about 80%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Vermilion Flycatcher that you can see in Puebla (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Cassin's Kingbird (about 50%), Tropical Kingbird (about 30%) and Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet (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 Puebla (706 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.
