Myiarchus cinerascens
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The ash-throated flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. First described in 1851 by George Newbold Lawrence from a specimen collected in western Texas in the United States, the ash-throated flycatcher was initially given the scientific name Tyrannula cinerascens. The species was mistakenly described again in 1851 as Tyrannula mexicanus — an error that was corrected in 1859 when Philip Lutley Sclater analyzed the tyrant flycatchers known from Mexico and realized that both scientific names referred to the same species. During the same analysis, Slater moved the ash-throated flycatcher from the genus Tyrannula to its current genus, Myiarchus. In the past, the ash-throated flycatcher has sometimes been considered to be conspecific with Nutting's flycatcher, but there are morphological and vocal differences between the two. There is disagreement as to whether the two species hybridize.
The ash-throated flycatcher has two recognized subspecies: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cabo Pulmo National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 12 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 15 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 17 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | León | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | Las Vegas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ash-throated Flycatcher sighting in Sacramento on a given day, based on 1,539 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 68th most-seen of the 235 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.
May to July
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Ash-throated Flycatcher in Sacramento on a given day, against under 5% in September to March, the lowest months. Those are among Sacramento's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 120 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ash-throated 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.
Yes
Of the 23 cities where we can rate Ash-throated Flycatcher sightings, Sacramento has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Phoenix (United States, about 10%) and León (México, about 10%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Ash-throated Flycatcher that you can see in Sacramento (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Black Phoebe (about 80%), Western Kingbird (about 10%) and Vermilion Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ash-throated Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Sacramento (1,539 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.
