Muscisaxicola capistratus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola capistratus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru and as a vagrant to Brazil. The cinnamon-bellied ground-tyrant was originally described as Ptyonura capistrata. It was eventually moved to genus Muscisaxicola that had been erected in 1837. It was later determined that Muscisaxicola is masculine so the specific epithet's case was changed to conform to binomial nomenclature.
The cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant is monotypic. The cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant is 16.5 to 18 cm (6.5 to 7.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a black forecrown and a bright rufous-chestnut mid- and hindcrown. Their face, nape, and upperparts are dusky gray or brownish gray. Their wings are dusky with pale white edges on the flight feathers. Their tail is black with whitish edges on the outer webs of the outermost feathers. Their throat is whitish, their breast grayish buff, and their belly cinnamon-rufous or rufous-buff that is darker on the flanks and vent area. They have a dark iris, a black bill, and black... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant sighting in Torres del Paine National Park on a given day, based on 175 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 53rd most-seen of the 106 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.
September and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant in Torres del Paine National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to April, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Torres del Paine National Park, in our data
Torres del Paine National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant is recorded against all the birds logged in Torres del Paine National Park (175 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.
