Microligea palustris
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The green-tailed warbler (Microligea palustris), also known as the green-tailed ground-tanager, is a species of bird of the family Phaenicophilidae, the Hispaniolan tanagers. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The green-tailed warbler is the only member of genus Microligea, though the white-winged warbler (Xenoligea montana) was originally also placed there. The two species were originally placed in the New World wood warbler family Parulidae, but taxonomists were unsure if they belonged there. DNA evidence published in the early 2010s showed they were not related to other wood warblers, and in 2017, they were moved to the newly created family Phaenicophilidae. The two species in the genus Phaenicophilus were also moved there from the "true" tanager family Thraupidae.
The green-tailed warbler is 12 to 14.5 cm (4.7 to 5.7 in) and weighs 9.5 to 15.2 g (0.34 to 0.54 oz). The sexes are not particularly dimorphic... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green-tailed Warbler sighting in Jaragua National Park on a given day, based on 46 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 92 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Green-tailed Warbler in Jaragua National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May, October and December–January, the lowest months. June to September have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green-tailed Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Jaragua National Park, in our data
Jaragua National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Green-tailed Warbler sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Parulidae
The closest relatives of the Green-tailed Warbler that you can see in Jaragua National Park (family Parulidae, New World Warblers) are Yellow Warbler (about 20%), Palm Warbler (about 20%) and Cape May Warbler (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green-tailed Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Jaragua National Park (46 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.
