Yellow-browed Tyrant

Yellow-browed Tyrant

Satrapa icterophrys

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Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Rio de Janeiro

In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%

35 Verified sightings at Rio de Janeiro
800 In all 7 parks From 2019 to 2026
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Yellow-browed Tyrant

The yellow-browed tyrant (Satrapa icterophrys) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The yellow-browed tyrant was originally described by Vieillot in 1818 as Muscicapa icterophrys, erroneously placing it in the Old World flycatcher family. In 1844 Strickland moved it to genus Suiriri "for the present", expressing reluctance to place it in genus Satrapa which he had erected.

The yellow-browed tyrant is the only member of genus Satrapa and has no subspecies. The yellow-browed tyrant is 15 to 16.5 cm (5.9 to 6.5 in) long and weighs about 20 g (0.71 oz). Adult males have a mostly dark grayish olive face with a bold bright yellow supercilium. Their upperparts are dark olive. Their wings are dusky black with grayish white edges on the flight feathers and grayish white tips on the coverts that show as two wing bars. Their tail is dusky with white outer webs on the outer feathers. Their underparts are bright yellow with an olive wash on the sides of the breast. Adult females are overall paler than males, especially their... Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Brazil · 2022

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC737503 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Brazil · 2022

© Ricardo José Mitidieri · XC728041 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Argentina · 2008

© Bernabe Lopez-Lanus · XC46709 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
2 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
3 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
4 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
5 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
6 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
7 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Rosario 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
2 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
3 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
5 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
6 Asuncion 🇵🇾 Paraguay
<5%
7 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
8 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
9 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
10 Montevideo 🇺🇾 Uruguay
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-browed Tyrant in Rio de Janeiro?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-browed Tyrant sighting in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 188th most-seen of the 278 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-browed Tyrant in Rio de Janeiro?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-browed Tyrant in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Yellow-browed Tyrant?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-browed Tyrant sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Rio de Janeiro the best place to see a Yellow-browed Tyrant?

7th of 10

Of the 10 cities where we can rate Yellow-browed Tyrant sightings, Rio de Janeiro ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Rosario (Argentina, about 10%), Buenos Aires (Argentina, about 10%) and Curitiba (Brazil, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Yellow-browed Tyrant live in Rio de Janeiro?

Same family: Tyrannidae

The closest relatives of the Yellow-browed Tyrant that you can see in Rio de Janeiro (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Great Kiskadee (about 90%), Tropical Kingbird (about 70%) and Masked Water-Tyrant (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Yellow-browed Tyrant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-browed Tyrant is recorded against all the birds logged in Rio de Janeiro (35 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.

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