Capsiempis flaveola
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The yellow tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola) is a small passerine bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.
The yellow tyrannulet was originally described in 1823 as Muscicapa flaveola and in 1859 moved to the newly created genus Capsiempis. In the 1970s that genus was merged into Phylloscartes but by 1990 it had been resurrected. The yellow tyrannulet is the only member of genus Capsiempis.
The yellow tyrannulet has these five subspecies: The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies C. f. flaveola have a dark yellowish olive crown with a somewhat bushy crest. They have a bright yellow supercilium, a bright yellow partial eye ring, and a dark line through the eye on an otherwise yellowish face. Their upperparts... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Tyrannulet sighting in Tenorio Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 482 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 111th most-seen of the 444 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, July–August and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Tyrannulet in Tenorio Volcano National Park on a given day, against about 10% in June, September–October and December–April, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow Tyrannulet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 29
Of the 29 parks where we can rate Yellow Tyrannulet sightings, Tenorio Volcano National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 20%), Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 20%) and San Lorenzo Protected Forest (Panama, about 10%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow Tyrannulet that you can see in Tenorio Volcano National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Great Kiskadee (about 60%), Tropical Kingbird (about 50%) and Common Tody-Flycatcher (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow Tyrannulet is recorded against all the birds logged in Tenorio Volcano National Park (482 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.
