Myiagra nana
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The paperbark flycatcher (Myiagra nana), also known as the little restless flycatcher, is a passerine bird in the family Monarchidae. It occurs in tropical woodland and riverine habitats of northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Previously, some authorities lumped the paperbark flycatcher as a distinctive subspecies of the restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) of southern and eastern Australia, with which it forms a superspecies.
Originally described as Seisura nana by John Gould in 1870, the paperbark flycatcher was long treated as a subspecies of the restless flycatcher (M. inquieta), until 1999 when Schodde and Mason identified the distinctness and lack of intergrading in closely situated populations of the two parapatric taxa.
The paperbark flycatcher is broadly similar to the restless flycatcher, with entirely black upperparts from the crown and sides of the head, in contrast with entirely white underparts from the throat to the vent. It is a smaller bird, at only two-thirds the weight of its southern relative, and has a proportionately shorter and broader bill, with longer and stouter rictal bristles. There is no overlap in... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Paperbark Flycatcher sighting in Nitmiluk National Park on a given day, based on 85 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 37th most-seen of the 103 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.
May and June
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Paperbark Flycatcher in Nitmiluk National Park on a given day, against about 10% in July and November–April, the lowest months. Those are among Nitmiluk National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 270 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Paperbark 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.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Paperbark Flycatcher sightings, Nitmiluk National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Kakadu National Park (Australia, about 50%).
Same genus: Myiagra
The closest relatives of the Paperbark Flycatcher that you can see in Nitmiluk National Park (genus Myiagra, Myiagra Flycatchers) are Leaden Flycatcher (about 40%) and Shining Flycatcher (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Paperbark Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Nitmiluk National Park (85 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.
