Leptopogon taczanowskii
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The Inca flycatcher (Leptopogon taczanowskii) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Peru. The Inca flycatcher was originally described in 1884 as Leptopogon rufipectus. Due to a conflict of this binomial with that of what is now the rufous-breasted flycatcher, by the principle of priority it was renamed Leptopogon taczanowskii in 1917.
The Inca flycatcher is monotypic. It and the rufous-breasted flycatcher (L. rufipectus) are sister species and may form a superspecies. The Inca flycatcher is 12 to 13.5 cm (4.7 to 5.3 in) long; two individuals weighed 11.5 g (0.41 oz) and a third 13 g (0.46 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dark olive or brownish olive crown. Their face is mostly mottled blackish and whitish with a thin whitish eye-ring. Their back and rump are olive green. Their wings are dusky with olivaceous edges on the flight feathers. Their wing coverts are dusky with ochraceous tips that show as two wing bars. Their tail is warm dusky olive. Their chin and upper throat are grayish, their lower throat and breast are tawny, and their belly is pale olive yellow. They... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Inca Flycatcher sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 623rd most-seen of the 641 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Inca Flycatcher in Manu National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Inca Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all 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 Inca 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 Inca Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (5 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.
