Myiarchus tyrannulus
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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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-crested Flycatcher sighting in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 299th most-seen of the 418 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-crested Flycatcher in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February to December, the lowest months. That is one of Sierra de la Macarena National Park's driest months, with about 95 mm of rain against 430 mm in May.
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.
35th of 47
Of the 47 parks where we can rate Brown-crested Flycatcher sightings, Sierra de la Macarena National Park ranks 35th at under 5%. 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 Sierra de la Macarena National Park (genus Myiarchus, Myiarchus Flycatchers) are Short-crested Flycatcher (about 20%) and Dusky-capped Flycatcher (about 20%), 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 Sierra de la Macarena National Park (16 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.
