Flavescent Flycatcher

Flavescent Flycatcher

Myiophobus flavicans

Silhouette: Emily Willoughby · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park

In 3 days <5%

18 Verified sightings at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026
43 In all 3 parks
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Flavescent Flycatcher

The flavescent flycatcher (Myiophobus flavicans) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The flavescent flycatcher was originally described as Myiobius flavicans.

The flavescent flycatcher has these five subspecies: The sexes have almost identical plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies M. f. flavicans have an olive crown with a mostly hidden yellow or orange patch in the middle. Females do not have this patch. Both sexes have a yellowish line above the lores and thin yellowish broken eye-ring on an otherwise olive face. Their back and rump are olive. Their wings are dusky with cinnamon edges on the flight feathers and cinnamon to ochraceous tips of the wing coverts; the latter show as two or three wing bars. Their tail is dusky with... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call1:21

Ecuador · 2025

© Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela · XC1153662 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:50

Ecuador · 2020

© Nunes-de-Almeida · XC544734 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Begging call0:34

Ecuador · 2002

© Jonas Nilsson · XC262959 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
2 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
3 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Flavescent Flycatcher in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Flavescent Flycatcher sighting in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 423rd most-seen of the 542 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Flavescent Flycatcher in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Flavescent Flycatcher in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Flavescent Flycatcher?

Between 8 and 11 am

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

Is Farallones de Cali National Natural Park the best place to see a Flavescent Flycatcher?

Yes

Of the 3 parks where we can rate Flavescent Flycatcher sightings, Farallones de Cali National Natural Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, under 5%) and Los Nevados National Natural Park (Colombia, under 5%).

Where does the Flavescent Flycatcher sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Flavescent Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (18 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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