Attila torridus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The ochraceous attila (Attila torridus) is a Near-threatened species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. From early in the twentieth century until the 1970s many authors classified genus Attila in family Cotingidae; after that it was recognized as belonging to family Tyrannidae. In the early twentieth century the ochraceous attila and the cinnamon attila (A. cinnamomeus) were treated as conspecific.
The ochraceous attila is monotypic. The ochraceous attila is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long and weighs about 46 g (1.6 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a cinnamon-ochraceous head. Their upperparts are mostly cinnamon-ochraceous with a yellowish rump and base of the tail. Their wings are mostly cinnamon ochraceous with blackish primaries. Their wing coverts are dusky with wide ochraceous edges that show as two wing bars. Their underparts are yellowish ochraceous with the belly being yellowest. They have a reddish brown iris, a dusky bill, and gray legs and feet.
The ochraceous attila is found from extreme southwestern Colombia... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Ochraceous Attila sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 165th 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 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ochraceous Attila in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to August, the lowest months. Those are among Machalilla National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 140 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ochraceous Attila 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 Ochraceous Attila sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Ochraceous Attila 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 Ochraceous Attila is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (16 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.
