Gray-and-gold Warbler

Gray-and-gold Warbler

Myiothlypis fraseri

Silhouette: Andy Wilson · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Machalilla National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

101 Verified sightings at Machalilla National Park From 2019 to 2026
101 In 1 park
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Gray-and-gold Warbler

The grey-and-gold warbler (Myiothlypis fraseri) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The grey-and-gold warbler was formally described in 1884 with the binomial Basileuterus fraseri. The specific epithet fraseri honors Louis Fraser, who collected the first specimen. By 2007 taxonomic systems had begun to resurrect genus Myiothlypis, which had been erected in 1850, for the grey-and-gold warbler and many other species.

The grey-and-gold warbler is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long. Males weigh an average of 12 g (0.42 oz) and females average 12 g (0.42 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a lemon-yellow crown stripe with black borders, black lores, and a white streak above the lores on an otherwise blue-gray face. The center of their back is dull olive and the rest of their upperparts are blue-gray. Their wings and tail are blackish gray with blue-gray feather edges. Their chin is white and the rest of their... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:47

Ecuador · 2024

© Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela · XC1157926 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Duet0:37

Ecuador · 2022

© Bobby Wilcox · XC715311 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:20

Ecuador · 2018

© Hans Matheve · XC512454 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Guayaquil 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Gray-and-gold Warbler in Machalilla National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-and-gold Warbler sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 101 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 75th most-seen of the 248 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Gray-and-gold Warbler in Machalilla National Park?

December

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-and-gold Warbler in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and August, the lowest months. That is one of Machalilla National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 140 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see a Gray-and-gold Warbler?

Between 9 am and noon

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

Where else can you see a Gray-and-gold Warbler?

Only Machalilla National Park, in our data

Machalilla National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gray-and-gold Warbler sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Gray-and-gold Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Gray-and-gold Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (101 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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