Muscisaxicola maculirostris
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The spot-billed ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola maculirostris) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru and as a vagrant in Brazil.
The spot-billed ground tyrant is 14 to 15.5 cm (5.5 to 6.1 in) long and weighs 11 to 17 g (0.39 to 0.60 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have an olive-brown crown, a whitish to buffy white supercilium and spot above their lores, a dusky line through the eye, and an olive to gray patch on the ear coverts on an otherwise whitish to dusky face. Their nape and back are olive-brown. Their wing coverts are olive-brown with buff to rufous edges. Their remiges are dusky to brownish with thin pale rufous edges. Their tail is dusky brownish to black with thin whitish or pale yellowish outer webs on the feathers. Their chin and throat are whitish, their breast and belly whitish with... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arequipa | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant sighting in Torres del Paine National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 86th most-seen of the 106 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant in Torres del Paine National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant sightings, Torres del Paine National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Lauca National Park (Chile, about 20%) and Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina, under 5%).
Same genus: Muscisaxicola
The closest relatives of the Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant that you can see in Torres del Paine National Park (genus Muscisaxicola, Ground-Tyrants) are Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant (about 20%) and Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant is recorded against all the birds logged in Torres del Paine National Park (24 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.
