Myiozetetes similis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) is a passerine bird from the Americas, a member of the large tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country, and every mainland South American country except Chile, Guyana, Suriname, and Uruguay. It has also occurred as a vagrant in the United States.
The social flycatcher was originally described in 1825 as Muscicapa similis, mistakenly placing it in the Old World flycatcher family. In the early twentieth century some authors treated M. s. texensis as a separate species. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Social Flycatcher sighting in Irazú Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 80th most-seen of the 121 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Social Flycatcher in Irazú Volcano National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–October and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Social 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.
62nd of 68
Of the 68 parks where we can rate Social Flycatcher sightings, Irazú Volcano National Park ranks 62nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 70%), Masaya Volcano National Park (Nicaragua, about 70%) and Cañón del Sumidero National Park (Mexico, about 70%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Social Flycatcher that you can see in Irazú Volcano National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Mountain Elaenia (about 50%), Black-capped Flycatcher (about 50%) and Tropical Kingbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Social Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Irazú Volcano National Park (26 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.
