Yellow-breasted Flycatcher

Yellow-breasted Flycatcher

Tolmomyias flaviventris

Silhouette: Emily Willoughby · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Yasuní National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

245 Verified sightings at Yasuní National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,797 In all 15 parks
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Yellow-breasted Flycatcher

The ochre-lored flatbill (Tolmomyias flaviventris) or yellow-breasted flycatcher, is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

The ochre-lored flatbill was originally described as Muscipeta flaventris. The ochre-lored flatbill's taxonomy is complicated. The three subspecies of what is now the olive-faced flatbill (T. viridiceps) were previously included within the ochre-lored. Taxonomic systems began separating them in 2020 and the process continued into 2024. They might be valid, and some subspecies may warrant treatment as full species.

The ochre-lored flatbill is about 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 9 to 17.5 g (0.32 to 0.62 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies... Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Brazil · 2026

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1162294 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:18

Guyana · 2025

© Richard E. Webster · XC1031499 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Guyana · 2023

© Rolf A. de By · XC985059 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~40%
2 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
3 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
4 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~20%
5 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
6 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
7 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
8 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%
9 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
10 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
11 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
12 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
13 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
14 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
15 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 João Pessoa 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
2 São Luís 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
3 Valencia 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~30%
4 Recife 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
5 Salvador 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
6 Belém 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
7 Vitória 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
8 Maceió 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
9 Fortaleza 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
10 Niterói 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-breasted Flycatcher in Yasuní National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Flycatcher sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 245 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 198th most-seen of the 533 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-breasted Flycatcher in Yasuní National Park?

August

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Flycatcher in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and December–January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Yellow-breasted Flycatcher?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-breasted 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.

Which relatives of the Yellow-breasted Flycatcher live in Yasuní National Park?

Same genus: Tolmomyias

The closest relatives of the Yellow-breasted Flycatcher that you can see in Yasuní National Park (genus Tolmomyias, Tolmomyias Flatbills) are Gray-crowned Flycatcher (about 10%) and Yellow-margined Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Yellow-breasted Flycatcher sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-breasted Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Yasuní National Park (245 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.

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