Planalto Tyrannulet

Planalto Tyrannulet

Phyllomyias fasciatus

Silhouette: Emily Willoughby · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Serra dos Órgãos National Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

105 Verified sightings at Serra dos Órgãos National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,227 In all 6 parks
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Planalto Tyrannulet

The planalto tyrannulet (Phyllomyias fasciatus) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. The planalto tyrannulet is 11 to 11.5 cm (4.3 to 4.5 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have dull grayish-olive to brownish-olive crowns, napes, backs, and rumps, with the crown being the grayest part. Their lores, supercilium, partial eyering, and lower face are whitish with a dark stripe through their eye. Their wings are dusky with pale olive to whitish edges to the flight feathers and the ends of the coverts; The latter show as two pale bars on the closed wing. Their tail is dusky. Their throat is whitish and their underparts yellow with an olive wash on the breast and sides. Subspecies P. f. brevirostris has darker olive upperparts than the nominate, with pale olive (not whitish... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:46

Brazil · 2026

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1166867 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:51

Brazil · 2026

© Robson Silva e Silva · XC1151148 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:43

Brazil · 2023

© Ricardo José Mitidieri · XC782957 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
2 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
3 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
6 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 João Pessoa 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
2 Recife 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
3 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
4 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
5 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
6 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
7 Santos 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Planalto Tyrannulet in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Planalto Tyrannulet sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 105 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 128th most-seen of the 336 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Planalto Tyrannulet in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?

September

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Planalto Tyrannulet in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a Planalto Tyrannulet?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Planalto Tyrannulet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Serra dos Órgãos National Park the best place to see a Planalto Tyrannulet?

2nd of 6

Of the 6 parks where we can rate Planalto Tyrannulet sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 40%).

Where does the Planalto Tyrannulet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Planalto Tyrannulet is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (105 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.

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