Black-and-yellow Phainoptila
Phainoptila melanoxantha
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPtilogonatidae
- GenusPhainoptila
- SpeciesPhainoptila melanoxantha (Black-and-yellow Phainoptila)
Closest Relatives at Arenal Volcano National Park
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher
Ptilogonys caudatus
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Montezuma Oropendola
Psarocolius montezuma
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Green Honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Golden-hooded Tanager
Stilpnia larvata
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black-and-yellow Phainoptila at Arenal Volcano National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Irazú Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |