Leptopogon superciliaris
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The slaty-capped flycatcher (Leptopogon superciliaris) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found from Costa Rica south to Bolivia and east to Venezuela and Trinidad. The slaty-capped flycatcher's taxonomy is unsettled. The Clements taxonomy assigns a third, L. s. transandinus, that the IOC includes within the nominate. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) treats albiventer as a separate species, the white-bellied flycatcher, leaving the slaty-capped as a monotypic species. Several other subspecies have been suggested but not recognized.
This article follows the IOC one species, two subspecies model. The slaty-capped flycatcher is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 9.5 to 14.8 g (0.34 to 0.52 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Both subspecies show much plumage variation within them. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a slaty gray crown. They have white lores, a thin white supercilium, and a wide dusky... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 12 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 15 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 18 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 19 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 20 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Slaty-capped Flycatcher sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 498 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 164th most-seen of the 467 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Slaty-capped Flycatcher in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to March, the lowest months. That is one of Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park's wettest months, with about 570 mm of rain against 160 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slaty-capped 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.
7th of 20
Of the 20 parks where we can rate Slaty-capped Flycatcher sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Henri Pittier National Park (Venezuela, about 20%), Amboró National Park (Bolivia, about 20%) and Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, about 20%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Slaty-capped Flycatcher that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Mountain Elaenia (about 30%), Black-capped Flycatcher (about 30%) and Guatemalan Paltry Tyrannulet (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slaty-capped Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (498 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.
