Myiophobus fasciatus
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The bran-colored flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile. The bran-colored flycatcher has these five subspecies:
Myiophobus fasciatus furfurosus (Thayer & Bangs, 1905) Myiophobus fasciatus fasciatus (Müller, PLS, 1776) Myiophobus fasciatus saturatus (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1906) Myiophobus fasciatus auriceps (Gould & Gray, GR, 1839)
Myiophobus fasciatus flammiceps (Temminck, 1822) What are now the mouse-gray flycatcher (M. crypterythrus) and rufescent flycatcher (M. rufescens) were originally described as species but in the mid-twentieth century were reclassified as subspecies of the bran-colored flycatcher. Following studies that identified plumage and vocal differences among them, beginning in 2016 taxonomic systems began splitting them. Somewhat earlier, the olive-chested flycatcher (M. cryptoxanthus), which had also been described as a species and later merged into the bran-colored flycatcher, was again recognized as a full species. The two of them form a superspecies, and some authors have... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 9 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 11 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 12 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 13 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 14 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 15 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 16 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 17 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 18 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 19 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 20 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 21 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 22 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 7 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bran-colored Flycatcher sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 139 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 322nd most-seen of the 550 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bran-colored Flycatcher in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in June and August–April, the lowest months. Those are among Tambopata National Reserve's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain a month against 420 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bran-colored Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
13th of 22
Of the 22 parks where we can rate Bran-colored Flycatcher sightings, Tambopata National Reserve ranks 13th at under 5%. The best odds are in Chapada Diamantina National Park (Brazil, about 30%), El Palmar National Park (Argentina, about 30%) and Serra da Canastra National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Bran-colored Flycatcher that you can see in Tambopata National Reserve (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Tropical Kingbird (about 20%), Boat-billed Flycatcher (about 20%) and Forest Elaenia (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bran-colored Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Tambopata National Reserve (139 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.
