Myiozetetes similis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) is a passerine bird from the Americas, a member of the large tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country, and every mainland South American country except Chile, Guyana, Suriname, and Uruguay. It has also occurred as a vagrant in the United States.
The social flycatcher was originally described in 1825 as Muscicapa similis, mistakenly placing it in the Old World flycatcher family. In the early twentieth century some authors treated M. s. texensis as a separate species. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Social Flycatcher sighting in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, based on 186 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 61st most-seen of the 418 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.
January
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Social Flycatcher in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–March, June–August and November–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 Social 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.
51st of 68
Of the 68 parks where we can rate Social Flycatcher sightings, Sierra de la Macarena National Park ranks 51st at about 20%. The best odds are in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 70%), Masaya Volcano National Park (Nicaragua, about 70%) and Cañón del Sumidero National Park (Mexico, about 70%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Myiozetetes
The closest relatives of the Social Flycatcher that you can see in Sierra de la Macarena National Park (genus Myiozetetes, Myiozetetes Flycatchers) are Rusty-margined Flycatcher (about 30%) and Gray-capped Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Social Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Sierra de la Macarena National Park (186 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.
