Great Kiskadee

Q: What are the chances of seeing a Great Kiskadee in Itatiaia National Park?

Likely. About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Great Kiskadee sighting in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, based on 959 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 352 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

Q: When is the best time to see a Great Kiskadee in Itatiaia National Park?

May. In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Great Kiskadee in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, against about 40% in February, June–July and December, the lowest months. That is one of Itatiaia National Park's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 330 mm in December.

Q: What time of day is best to see a Great Kiskadee?

Between 8 and 11 am. Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Kiskadee sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Q: Is Itatiaia National Park the best place to see a Great Kiskadee?

35th of 81. Of the 81 parks where we can rate Great Kiskadee sightings, Itatiaia National Park ranks 35th at about 50%. The best odds are in Tijuca National Park (Brazil, about 90%), Las Baulas Marine National Park (Costa Rica, about 80%) and Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 80%). All parks ranked.

Q: Which relatives of the Great Kiskadee live in Itatiaia National Park?

Same family: Tyrannidae. The closest relatives of the Great Kiskadee that you can see in Itatiaia National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Cliff Flycatcher (about 60%), Planalto Tyrannulet (about 40%) and Social Flycatcher (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Q: Where does the Great Kiskadee sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records. It is estimated from how often the Great Kiskadee is recorded against all the birds logged in Itatiaia National Park (959 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.

Pitangus sulphuratus

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KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyTyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
GenusPitangus (Great Kiskadees)
SpeciesPitangus sulphuratus (Great Kiskadee)

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

at Itatiaia National Park

In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%

959 Verified sightings at Itatiaia National Park From 2019 to 2026

96,858 In all 81 parks

May Best month

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

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About the Great Kiskadee

The great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is the only member of the genus Pitangus. It breeds in open woodland with some tall trees, including cultivation and around human habitation. It is found from the extreme southern United States south to Argentina. It was introduced to Bermuda in 1957, and to Tobago in about 1970.

The great kiskadee was described and illustrated in 1648 by the German naturalist Georg Marcgrave in the Historia Naturalis Brasiliae. He used the name Pitangua-guaçu, the word for a large flycatcher in the Tupi language. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the species in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. He used the French name La Pie-Griesche jaune de Cayenne and the Latin name Lanius Cayanensis Luteus. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.

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Sounds

Song0:21

Costa Rica · 2026

Dawn song0:27

Ecuador · 2024

Call0:17

Brazil · 2026

Global Distribution

Where it is recorded most Our parks where it lives Our cities where it livesIn captivity: 7 zoos & centres

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~90%
2	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~80%
3	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~80%
4	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	~80%
5	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~80%
6	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~80%
7	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~80%
8	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~80%
9	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~70%
10	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	~70%
11	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~70%
12	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	~70%
13	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~70%
14	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~70%
15	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~70%
16	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~70%
17	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~70%
18	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~70%
19	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	~60%
20	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
21	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
22	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
23	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~60%
24	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
25	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~60%
26	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~60%
27	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
28	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~60%
29	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
30	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~60%
31	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~60%
32	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~50%
33	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~50%
34	El Palmar National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~50%
35	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~50%
36	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
37	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~50%
38	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	~50%
39	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~50%
40	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~50%
41	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~40%
42	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
43	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
44	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
45	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
46	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
47	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~40%
48	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~40%
49	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
50	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~40%
51	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
52	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~30%
53	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
54	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~30%
55	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~30%
56	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~30%
57	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~30%
58	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
59	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
60	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~30%
61	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
62	El Triunfo	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
63	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
64	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
65	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
66	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
67	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
68	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
69	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
70	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
71	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
72	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
73	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
74	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
75	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
76	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	<5%
77	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
78	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
79	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
80	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
81	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%

Cities Where Found

#	City	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Niterói	🇧🇷 Brazil	>90%
2	Salvador	🇧🇷 Brazil	>90%
3	São Paulo	🇧🇷 Brazil	>90%
4	Porto Alegre	🇧🇷 Brazil	~90%
5	Cordoba	🇦🇷 Argentina	~90%
6	João Pessoa	🇧🇷 Brazil	~90%
7	Goiânia	🇧🇷 Brazil	~90%
8	Belo Horizonte	🇧🇷 Brazil	~90%
9	Natal	🇧🇷 Brazil	~90%
10	Brasilia	🇧🇷 Brazil	~90%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

#	Zoo / Centre	Country
1	Prague Zoo	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
2	Parque das Aves	🇧🇷 Brazil	In captivity
3	Zoo Pilsen	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
4	Mangal das Garças	🇧🇷 Brazil	In captivity
5	Croco Cun Zoo	🇲🇽 Mexico	In captivity
6	Rákosův pavilon	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
7	Velemlokárium	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity

Closest Relatives at Itatiaia National Park

Hirundinea ferruginea

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Phyllomyias fasciatus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Myiozetetes similis

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Tolmomyias sulphurescens

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Colonia colonus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Fluvicola nengeta

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

LC Endemic

Todirostrum poliocephalum

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

LC Endemic

Knipolegus nigerrimus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Myiarchus ferox

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

LC Endemic

Phyllomyias griseocapilla

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Knipolegus cyanirostris

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Camptostoma obsoletum

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

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Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Great Kiskadee in Itatiaia National Park?

Likely

About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Great Kiskadee sighting in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, based on 959 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 352 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Great Kiskadee in Itatiaia National Park?

May

In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Great Kiskadee in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, against about 40% in February, June–July and December, the lowest months. That is one of Itatiaia National Park's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 330 mm in December.

What time of day is best to see a Great Kiskadee?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Kiskadee 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 Itatiaia National Park the best place to see a Great Kiskadee?

35th of 81

Of the 81 parks where we can rate Great Kiskadee sightings, Itatiaia National Park ranks 35th at about 50%. The best odds are in Tijuca National Park (Brazil, about 90%), Las Baulas Marine National Park (Costa Rica, about 80%) and Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 80%). All parks ranked.

Which relatives of the Great Kiskadee live in Itatiaia National Park?

Same family: Tyrannidae

The closest relatives of the Great Kiskadee that you can see in Itatiaia National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Cliff Flycatcher (about 60%), Planalto Tyrannulet (about 40%) and Social Flycatcher (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Great Kiskadee sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Great Kiskadee is recorded against all the birds logged in Itatiaia National Park (959 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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Great Kiskadee

About the Great Kiskadee

Sounds

Recent sightings of Great Kiskadee in Itatiaia National Park

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

Cities Where Found

Zoos & Centres Where Found

Closest Relatives at Itatiaia National Park

Cliff Flycatcher

Planalto Tyrannulet

Social Flycatcher

Yellow-olive Flycatcher

Long-tailed Tyrant

Masked Water-Tyrant

Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher

Velvety Black-Tyrant

Short-crested Flycatcher

Gray-capped Tyrannulet

Blue-billed Black-Tyrant

Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Great Kiskadee in Itatiaia National Park?

When is the best time to see a Great Kiskadee in Itatiaia National Park?

What time of day is best to see a Great Kiskadee?

Is Itatiaia National Park the best place to see a Great Kiskadee?

Which relatives of the Great Kiskadee live in Itatiaia National Park?

Where does the Great Kiskadee sighting chance come from?