Poecilotriccus calopterus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The golden-winged tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus calopterus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The golden-winged tody-flycatcher was originally described in 1857 as Todirostrum calopterum. Following a 1988 publication, taxonomic systems moved calopterus and several other species from Todirostrum to genus Poecilotriccus. By the early twenty-first century genus Poecilotriccus had species called both "tody-tyrant" and "tody-flycatcher" so taxonomic systems began renaming the "tyrants" to "flycatcher". The golden-winged tody-flycatcher shares genus Poecilotriccus with 11 other species.
The golden-winged tody-flycatcher is monotypic. However, during the twentieth century several authors treated it and the black-backed tody-flycatcher (P. pulchellus) as conspecific. The golden-winged tody-flycatcher is about 9.5 cm (3.7 in) long and weighs about 6 g (0.21 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly black head with a white throat. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are olive green. Their wings are black with yellowish white edges on the inner... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 180 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 308th most-seen of the 641 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.
March, May, July, September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June, August, October and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Manu National Park, in our data
Manu National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (180 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.
