Myiarchus nuttingi
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Nutting's flycatcher (Myiarchus nuttingi) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica. Some authors have suggested that M. n. flavidior deserves species status due to some differences in vocalizations and plumage, but the American Ornithological Society did not accept a proposal to separate it. The Clements taxonomy does recognize it as "Nutting's flycatcher (Salvadoran)" within the species. "All three taxa have been thought to occur in both pure and hybrid forms in Oaxaca; [the] complex pattern of zones of contact between races has not been assessed since 1961, and study [is] urgently needed."
Some authors have treated Nutting's flycatcher and the ash-throated flycatcher (M. cinerascens) as conspecific. The species' English name and specific epithet honor Charles Cleveland Nutting (1858–1927). Nutting's flycatcher is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs about 21 to 24 g (0.74 to 0.85 oz). The sexes... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 12 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Nutting's Flycatcher sighting in Ostional Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 55 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 182 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Nutting's Flycatcher in Ostional Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in September to November, the lowest months. That is one of Ostional Wildlife Refuge's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 560 mm in October.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Nutting's 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 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Nutting's Flycatcher sightings, Ostional Wildlife Refuge ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%), Cañón del Sumidero National Park (Mexico, about 10%) and Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same genus: Myiarchus
The closest relatives of the Nutting's Flycatcher that you can see in Ostional Wildlife Refuge (genus Myiarchus, Myiarchus Flycatchers) are Great Crested Flycatcher (about 20%), Brown-crested Flycatcher (about 10%) and Dusky-capped Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Nutting's Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Ostional Wildlife Refuge (55 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.
