Myiarchus venezuelensis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The Venezuelan flycatcher (Myiarchus venezuelensis) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, and on Tobago. The Venezuelan flycatcher was originally described as a species with its current binomial Myiarchus venezuelensis. In 1918 it was reclassified as a subspecies Myiarchus ferox, then called the Guiana flycatcher and now the short-crested flycatcher. That treatment lasted into the 1970s when it was again recognized as a distinct species.
The Venezuelan flycatcher is monotypic. The Venezuelan flycatcher is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 27 to 33 g (0.95 to 1.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dark olive-green to brownish olive crown and upperparts. The crown has a slight crest and is slightly darker in the center, giving a streaked effect. Their lores are gray that extends to a short supercilium. Their cheeks are gray and their ear coverts brownish olive. Their wings are mostly dusky with thin rufous outer edges on the primaries. The secondaries and tertials have rufous, pale yellowish, and white edges on respectively their outer, middle... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Venezuelan Flycatcher sighting in Henri Pittier National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 189th most-seen of the 358 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and June
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Venezuelan Flycatcher in Henri Pittier National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–October and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Venezuelan 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.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Venezuelan Flycatcher sightings, Henri Pittier National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Venezuelan Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Henri Pittier National Park (24 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.
