Myiozetetes cayanensis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The rusty-margined flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Panama and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay, though only as a vagrant to Argentina. It has also been recorded as a vagrant in Costa Rica.
In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the rusty-margined flycatcher in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Cayenne in French Guiana. He used the French name Le gobe-mouche de Cayenne and the Latin Muscicapa Cayanensis. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognized by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added the rusty-margined flycatcher among the 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. Linnaeus included a brief description, used Brisson's Latin name as the binomial name Muscicapa cayanensis, and cited Brisson's work. This species is now placed in the genus Myiozetetes that was erected by the English zoologist... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 7 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty-margined Flycatcher sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 140 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 270th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–April, June and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty-margined Flycatcher in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–September and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rusty-margined 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.
15th of 25
Of the 25 parks where we can rate Rusty-margined Flycatcher sightings, Tambopata National Reserve ranks 15th at under 5%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 40%), Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 40%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Myiozetetes
The closest relatives of the Rusty-margined Flycatcher that you can see in Tambopata National Reserve (genus Myiozetetes, Myiozetetes Flycatchers) are Social Flycatcher (about 10%) 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 Rusty-margined Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Tambopata National Reserve (140 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.
