Lathrotriccus griseipectus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The grey-breasted flycatcher (Lathrotriccus griseipectus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The grey-breasted flycatcher was originally described as Empidonax griseipectus. Many authors retained it in Empidonax through most of the twentieth century. By the very early twenty-first century it was generally agreed to properly belong to Lathrotriccus which had been erected in 1986.
The grey-breasted flycatcher is monotypic. It shares genus Lathrotriccus with Euler's flycatcher (L. euleri). The grey-breasted flycatcher is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a gray crown, nape, and cheeks. They have a whitish broken eye-ring and a faint whitish stripe above the lores. Their upperparts are gray with a tinge of brown or olive. Their wings are dusky with whitish ends on the coverts that show as two wing bars. Their secondaries and tertials have whitish edges. Their tail is dusky. Their throat is grayish white, their breast is washed with a darker gray, and their belly is white to whitish with a pale yellow... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-breasted Flycatcher sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 139th most-seen of the 248 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-breasted Flycatcher in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–April, June–August and November, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray-breasted Flycatcher 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 Machalilla National Park, in our data
Machalilla National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gray-breasted Flycatcher sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Gray-breasted Flycatcher that you can see in Machalilla National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Tropical Kingbird (about 40%), Fulvous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant (about 40%) and Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gray-breasted Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (25 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.
