Onychorhynchus coronatus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The tropical royal flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus) is a passerine bird that most taxonomic systems place in family Onychorhynchidae. It is found in Mexico, south through most of Central America, and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
The tropical royal flycatcher was formally described in 1776 by the German zoologist Philipp Statius Müller under the binomial name Muscicapa coronata. Müller based his account on a hand-colored illustration of the "Tyran hupé de Cayenne" that had been engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet. The specific epithet is from Latin coronatus meaning "crowned". The tropical royal flycatcher is now placed together with Atlantic royal flycatcher in the genus Onychorhynchus that was introduced in 1810 by the German naturalist Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim.
After a complicated history (which see here), the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and the Clements taxonomy placed the tropical royal flycatcher and the Atlantic royal flycatcher (O. swainsoni) in family Onychorhynchidae.
However, the tropical royal flycatcher's taxonomy remains unsettled. The North and South American Classification... Wikipedia →
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Royal Flycatcher sighting in Santa Rosa National Park on a given day, based on 123 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 50th most-seen of the 233 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.
June
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Royal Flycatcher in Santa Rosa National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April and November, the lowest months. That is one of Santa Rosa National Park's wettest months, with about 330 mm of rain against almost none in February.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Royal 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.
2nd of 26
Of the 26 parks where we can rate Royal Flycatcher sightings, Santa Rosa National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 30%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Royal Flycatcher that you can see in Santa Rosa National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Great Kiskadee (about 50%), Yellow-olive Flycatcher (about 50%) and Brown-crested Flycatcher (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Royal Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Santa Rosa National Park (123 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.
