Myiarchus tyrannulus
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The brown-crested flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus) is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found from the southwestern United States south through Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica; on Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Trinidad, and Tobago; and in every mainland South American country except Chile and possibly Ecuador.
The brown-crested flycatcher has a complicated taxonomic history. Its formal description is credited to Statius Müller in his 1776 supplement to earlier work by Carl Linnaeus and Martinus Houttuyn. He coined the binomial Muscicapa tyrannulus, placing it in the Old World flycatcher family.
As of 2025 the brown-crested flycatcher has these seven subspecies: Subspecies M. t. magister was originally named M. mexicanus magister. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Toluca | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 7 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 8 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 9 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-crested Flycatcher sighting in Palo Verde National Park on a given day, based on 586 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st most-seen of the 274 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, May and December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-crested Flycatcher in Palo Verde National Park on a given day, against about 10% in July and November, the lowest months. Those are among Palo Verde National Park's driest months, with about 85 mm of rain a month against 480 mm in October.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-crested 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.
5th of 47
Of the 47 parks where we can rate Brown-crested Flycatcher sightings, Palo Verde National Park ranks 5th at about 30%. The best odds are in Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%), Las Baulas Marine National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Myiarchus
The closest relatives of the Brown-crested Flycatcher that you can see in Palo Verde National Park (genus Myiarchus, Myiarchus Flycatchers) are Great Crested Flycatcher (about 10%) and Nutting's Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-crested Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Palo Verde National Park (586 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.
