Muscisaxicola albifrons
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The white-fronted ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola albifrons) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. The white-fronted ground tyrant was originally described as Ptyonura albifrons. Genus Muscisaxicola had been erected in 1837 and the species was moved to it in 1921.
The white-fronted ground tyrant is monotypic. The white-fronted ground tyrant is the largest member of its genus at 21.5 to 24 cm (8.5 to 9.4 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a white forehead ("front") that extends rearward in a "vee" above the eyes and a warm grayish brown crown on an otherwise blackish face. Their nape and back are brownish gray. Their wings are dark brown with wide white edges on the secondaries that show as a panel on the wing. Their tail is dark brown with grayish white edges on the outer feathers. Their throat, breast, and belly are pale gray with faint darker markings and their undertail coverts white. They have a brown iris, a black bill, and black legs and feet. Juveniles have less white on the forehead than adults, with cinnamon edges on the wing coverts, buff edges... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a White-fronted Ground-Tyrant sighting in Lauca National Park on a given day, based on 682 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 112 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.
January
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a White-fronted Ground-Tyrant in Lauca National Park on a given day, against about 30% in September, the lowest month. That is one of Lauca National Park's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against almost none in May.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-fronted Ground-Tyrant sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Lauca National Park, in our data
Lauca National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-fronted Ground-Tyrant sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Muscisaxicola
The closest relatives of the White-fronted Ground-Tyrant that you can see in Lauca National Park (genus Muscisaxicola, Ground-Tyrants) are Puna Ground-Tyrant (about 60%), Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant (about 20%) and Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-fronted Ground-Tyrant is recorded against all the birds logged in Lauca National Park (682 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.
