Great Kiskadee

Q: What are the chances of seeing a Great Kiskadee in Tikal National Park?

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Great Kiskadee sighting in Tikal National Park, based on 523 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

Q: When is the best time to see Great Kiskadee in Tikal National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Great Kiskadee in Tikal National Park in our monthly data.

Pitangus sulphuratus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyTyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
GenusPitangus (Great Kiskadees)
SpeciesPitangus sulphuratus (Great Kiskadee)

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

at Tikal National Park

523 Verified sightings at Tikal National Park From 2019 to 2026

96,366 Verified sightings across all 86 parks From 2019 to 2026

August Best month highest sighting rate

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

About the Great Kiskadee

The great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is the only member of the genus Pitangus. It breeds in open woodland with some tall trees, including cultivation and around human habitation. It is found from the extreme southern United States south to Argentina. It was introduced to Bermuda in 1957, and to Tobago in about 1970.

The great kiskadee was described and illustrated in 1648 by the German naturalist Georg Marcgrave in the Historia Naturalis Brasiliae. He used the name Pitangua-guaçu, the word for a large flycatcher in the Tupi language. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the species in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. He used the French name La Pie-Griesche jaune de Cayenne and the Latin name Lanius Cayanensis Luteus. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.

When the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition in 1766 he added 240 species that had been previously... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

Myiozetetes similis

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Myiarchus tuberculifer

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Tolmomyias sulphurescens

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Rhynchocyclus brevirostris

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Myiarchus tyrannulus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

LC Endemic

Attila spadiceus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Myiarchus crinitus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Oncostoma cinereigulare

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Tyrannus melancholicus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Onychorhynchus coronatus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Platyrinchus cancrominus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Empidonax flaviventris

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

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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	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~80%
2	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~80%
3	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~80%
4	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~80%
5	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~80%
6	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~80%
7	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~80%
8	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	~70%
9	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~70%
10	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~70%
11	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	~70%
12	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~70%
13	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~70%
14	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~70%
15	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~70%
16	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	~60%
17	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
18	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
19	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
20	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~60%
21	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~60%
22	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~60%
23	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
24	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
25	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~60%
26	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	~60%
27	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
28	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
29	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~60%
30	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~50%
31	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
32	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	~50%
33	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
34	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~50%
35	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~50%
36	El Palmar National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~50%
37	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
38	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
39	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~50%
40	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~50%
41	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~50%
42	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~50%
43	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~40%
44	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
45	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~40%
46	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
47	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
48	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~40%
49	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~40%
50	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~40%
51	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~40%
52	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
53	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~40%
54	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
55	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~40%
56	El Triunfo	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
57	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~30%
58	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
59	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
60	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~30%
61	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~30%
62	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~30%
63	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~30%
64	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~20%
65	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
66	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
67	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
68	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~20%
69	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~20%
70	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
71	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
72	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
73	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
74	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
75	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
76	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
77	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
78	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
79	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
80	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
81	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	<5%
82	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
83	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
84	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
85	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
86	Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Great Kiskadee in Tikal National Park?

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Great Kiskadee sighting in Tikal National Park, based on 523 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Great Kiskadee in Tikal National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Great Kiskadee in Tikal National Park in our monthly data.

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Great Kiskadee

About the Great Kiskadee

Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

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Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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