Rusty-margined Flycatcher

Rusty-margined Flycatcher

Myiozetetes cayanensis

Silhouette: Emily Willoughby · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Emas National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

21 Verified sightings at Emas National Park From 2019 to 2026
8,453 In all 25 parks
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Rusty-margined Flycatcher

The rusty-margined flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Panama and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay, though only as a vagrant to Argentina. It has also been recorded as a vagrant in Costa Rica.

In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the rusty-margined flycatcher in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Cayenne in French Guiana. He used the French name Le gobe-mouche de Cayenne and the Latin Muscicapa Cayanensis. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognized by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added the rusty-margined flycatcher among the 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. Linnaeus included a brief description, used Brisson's Latin name as the binomial name Muscicapa cayanensis, and cited Brisson's work. This species is now placed in the genus Myiozetetes that was erected by the English zoologist... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:10

Brazil · 2026

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1163639 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:13

Ecuador · 2025

© Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela · XC1154964 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Canto1:10

Brazil · 2016

© Caio Brito · XC427665 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
~40%
2 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
3 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
4 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
5 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
6 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
7 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
8 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~20%
9 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
10 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
11 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
12 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
13 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
14 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
15 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
16 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
17 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
18 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
19 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
20 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
21 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
22 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
23 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
24 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
25 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cali 🇨🇴 Colombia
~60%
2 Medellín 🇨🇴 Colombia
~50%
3 Belém 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
4 Goiânia 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
5 Manaus 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
6 Valencia 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~20%
7 Campo Grande 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
8 São Luís 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
9 Caracas 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
10 Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Rusty-margined Flycatcher in Emas National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty-margined Flycatcher sighting in Emas National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 119th most-seen of the 187 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Rusty-margined Flycatcher in Emas National Park?

May and November

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty-margined Flycatcher in Emas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to September, the lowest months. April and December–February have too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Rusty-margined Flycatcher?

Between 3 and 6 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rusty-margined 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.

Which relatives of the Rusty-margined Flycatcher live in Emas National Park?

Same family: Tyrannidae

The closest relatives of the Rusty-margined Flycatcher that you can see in Emas National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are White-rumped Monjita (about 70%), Great Kiskadee (about 60%) and Grey Monjita (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Rusty-margined Flycatcher sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Rusty-margined Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Emas National Park (21 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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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