Cercomacra tyrannina
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The dusky antbird or tyrannine antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina) is a passerine bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found from Mexico south through Central America and in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
The dusky antbird was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1855 and given the binomial name Pyriglena tyrannina. The species was subsequently placed in genus Cercomacra but a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Cercomacra, as then defined, was polyphyletic. The genus was split to create two monophyletic genera, and six species including the dusky antbird were moved to the newly erected genus Cercomacroides.
The dusky antbird has these four subspecies: What is now Willis's antbird (C. laeta) was originally described as a fifth subspecies. A 1997 study found that Willis's antbird differed from the other dusky antbird subspecies in both plumage and voice and as a result, Willis's antbird was promoted... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Antbird sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, based on 705 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 38th most-seen of the 328 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Antbird in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, against about 10% in March and June–August, the lowest months. That is one of Parque Natural Metropolitano's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 350 mm in July.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky Antbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 36
Of the 36 parks where we can rate Dusky Antbird sightings, Parque Natural Metropolitano ranks 6th at about 20%. The best odds are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 40%), Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 40%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Thamnophilidae
The closest relatives of the Dusky Antbird that you can see in Parque Natural Metropolitano (family Thamnophilidae, Typical Antbirds) are Fasciated Antshrike (about 20%), Western Slaty-Antshrike (about 10%) and Barred Antshrike (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky Antbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Parque Natural Metropolitano (705 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.
