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Phylloscartes flaviventris
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The rufous-lored tyrannulet (Phylloscartes flaviventris) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Venezuela. The rufous-lored tyrannulet was originally described in 1897 as Leptotriccus flaviventris. It was later moved to genus Pogonotriccus and still later to its present Phylloscartes. Some authors called it the "yellow-bellied bristle-tyrant" but it gained its present English name when it was moved to Phylloscartes and the true bristle-tyrants alone were retained in Pogonotriccus. The rufous-lored tyrannulet and the cinnamon-faced tyrannulet (P. parkeri) form a superspecies.
The rufous-lored tyrannulet is monotypic. The rufous-lored tyrannulet is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs about 8 g (0.28 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a rufous forehead whose color extends to above the eye and becomes yellow beyond it. Their lores and "moustache" are blackish, they have a rufous arc below the eye, and a black crescent wraps around their yellowish ear coverts. Their crown is pearly gray and the rest of their upperparts are bright olive. Their wings are blackish... Wikipedia →
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Venezuela · 2009
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-lored Tyrannulet sighting in Henri Pittier National Park on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 139th most-seen of the 358 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.
February and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-lored Tyrannulet in Henri Pittier National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–July and November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-lored Tyrannulet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Henri Pittier National Park, in our data
Henri Pittier National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rufous-lored Tyrannulet sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Phylloscartes
The closest relatives of the Rufous-lored Tyrannulet that you can see in Henri Pittier National Park (genus Phylloscartes, Long-tailed Tyrannulets) are Marble-Faced Bristle-Tyrant (about 10%) and Venezuelan Bristle-Tyrant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-lored Tyrannulet is recorded against all the birds logged in Henri Pittier National Park (56 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.
