Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes luteiventris

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyTyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
GenusMyiodynastes (Myiodynastes Flycatchers)
SpeciesMyiodynastes luteiventris (Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Saguaro National Park

5 Verified sightings at Saguaro National Park From 2019 to 2026

8,007 Verified sightings across all 62 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

The sulphur-bellied flycatcher (Myiodynastes luteiventris) is a large member of the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is regularly found from southern Arizona in the United States south to Bolivia and occurs casually or as a vagrant further north, east, and south of its usual range.

The sulphur-bellied flycatcher is monotypic. Because there is much clinal variation in size and plumage, several subspecies have been proposed but not accepted. The sulphur-bellied flycatcher and the streaked flycatcher (M. maculatus) are sister species.

The sulphur-bellied flycatcher is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighs about 40 to 57 g (1.4 to 2.0 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a pale hoary gray or grayish white forecrown and supercilium. They have a brownish gray to olive crown with blackish streaks and a large, usually hidden, canary-yellow patch in the center. They have dusky lores; the color extends to the ear coverts and forms a dark "mask". Below the mask is a wide white stripe with thin dusky streaks and below that a thin dusky stripe. Their nape and upperparts to the upper rump are light olive with a buffy tinge... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

Pyrocephalus rubinus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Sayornis nigricans

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

LC Endemic

Sayornis saya

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Myiarchus tyrannulus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Myiarchus cinerascens

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tyrannus vociferans

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tyrannus verticalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tyrannus melancholicus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

LC Endemic

Contopus sordidulus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

LC Endemic

Empidonax difficilis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Empidonax wrightii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Contopus pertinax

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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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	Daily sighting probability
1	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
2	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~20%
3	El Triunfo	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
4	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	~20%
5	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
6	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
7	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
8	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
9	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
10	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~10%
11	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
12	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
13	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
14	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	~10%
15	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
16	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
17	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
18	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
19	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
20	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
21	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
22	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
23	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
24	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
25	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
26	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
27	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
28	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
29	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
30	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
31	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
32	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
33	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
34	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
35	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
36	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
37	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
38	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
39	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
40	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
41	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
42	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
43	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
44	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
45	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
46	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
47	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
48	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
49	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
50	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
51	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
52	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
53	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
54	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
55	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
56	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
57	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
58	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
59	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
60	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
61	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
62	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

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Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

About the Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

Vermilion Flycatcher

Black Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Cassin's Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Tropical Kingbird

Western Wood-Pewee

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Gray Flycatcher

Greater Pewee

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found