Tyrannopsis sulphurea
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The sulphury flycatcher (Tyrannopsis sulphurea) is a passerine bird of the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found on Trinidad and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
The sulphury flycatcher was originally described as Muscicapa sulphurea, erroneously classifying it as an Old World flycatcher. Robert Ridgway erected genus Tyrannopsis for it in 1905. The sulphury flycatcher is the only member of its genus and has no subspecies.
The sulphury flycatcher is about 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 48 to 61 g (1.7 to 2.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly dusky head with a mostly hidden orange-yellow patch in the center of the crown, an indistinct whitish supercilium, and a blackish band from the lores to the ear coverts. Their upperparts and tail are dull olive brown. Their wings are dark brownish dusky. Their throat is whitish with blurry dark gray streaks on its sides. Their upper breast is white and the rest of their underparts bright yellow. Their breast has an olive gray wash and olive gray streaks on its sides and their flanks have an... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sulphury Flycatcher sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 109 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 365th 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 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sulphury Flycatcher in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to July, the lowest months. Those are among Manu National Park's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 290 mm in February.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sulphury 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.
4th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Sulphury Flycatcher sightings, Manu National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 10%), Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%) and Anavilhanas National Park (Brazil, under 5%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Sulphury Flycatcher that you can see in Manu National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Social Flycatcher (about 40%), Tropical Kingbird (about 40%) and Great Kiskadee (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sulphury Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (109 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.
