Streaked Flycatcher

Myiodynastes maculatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyTyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
GenusMyiodynastes (Myiodynastes Flycatchers)
SpeciesMyiodynastes maculatus (Streaked Flycatcher)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Tikal National Park

1 Verified sightings at Tikal National Park From 2019 to 2026

16,034 Verified sightings across all 62 parks From 2019 to 2026

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

About the Streaked Flycatcher

The streaked flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every South American country except El Salvador, in Trinidad and Tobago, in every mainland South American country (though only as a vagrant to Chile), and as a vagrant to Bonaire.

The streaked flycatcher's taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, the North and South American Classification Committees of the American Ornithological Society, and the Clements taxonomy assign it these seven subspecies: m. insolens Ridgway, 1887

M. m. difficilis Zimmer, JT, 1937 M. m. nobilis Sclater, PL, 1859 M. m. chapmani Zimmer, JT, 1937 M. m. maculatus (Statius Müller, PL, 1776) M. m. tobagensis Zimmer, JT, 1937 M. m. solitarius (Vieillot, 1819) What is now M. m. solitarius was originally described as a species, Tyrannus solitarius. Though it was later moved to genus Myiodynastes it was treated by many authors as a full species into the twentieth century. By about the middle of the century most taxonomists had reassigned it as a subspecies of M. maculatus. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) long treated... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

Myiodynastes luteiventris

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

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

Pitangus sulphuratus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · 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	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
2	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
3	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~40%
4	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
5	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~30%
6	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	~30%
7	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
8	El Palmar National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~30%
9	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
10	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~30%
11	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~20%
12	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~20%
13	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
14	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~20%
15	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~20%
16	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~20%
17	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
18	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
19	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~20%
20	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~20%
21	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
22	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
23	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
24	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~10%
25	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
26	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~10%
27	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
28	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
29	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
30	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
31	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
32	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
33	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
34	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
35	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
36	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
37	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
38	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
39	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
40	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
41	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
42	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
43	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
44	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
45	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
46	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
47	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
48	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
49	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
50	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
51	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
52	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	<5%
53	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
54	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
55	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
56	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data
57	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
58	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
59	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
60	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
61	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	Insufficient data
62	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

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Streaked Flycatcher

About the Streaked Flycatcher

Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Social Flycatcher

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Yellow-olive Flycatcher

Eye-ringed Flatbill

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Bright-rumped Attila

Great Crested Flycatcher

Northern Bentbill

Tropical Kingbird

Royal Flycatcher

Great Kiskadee

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found