Mecocerculus stictopterus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The white-banded tyrannulet (Mecocerculus stictopterus) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The white-banded tyrannulet is 12.5 to 13 cm (4.9 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 8 to 11 g (0.28 to 0.39 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a medium gray crown. They have a white supercilium, a blackish stripe through the eye, and a faint dusky crescent behind the ear coverts on an otherwise whitish face. Their upperparts are dark brownish olive. Their wings are dark dusky with bright yellow to ochraceous edges on the flight feathers. Their wing coverts have wide pure white tips that show as two bars on the closed wing. Their tail is dusky olive. Their throat is grayish white, their breast grayish white with a darker grayish wash, their belly whitish, and their undertail coverts pale yellow. Subspecies... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-banded Tyrannulet sighting in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, based on 435 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 111th most-seen of the 424 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-banded Tyrannulet in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-banded Tyrannulet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate White-banded Tyrannulet sightings, Los Nevados National Natural Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, about 20%) and Chingaza National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-banded Tyrannulet is recorded against all the birds logged in Los Nevados National Natural Park (435 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.
