Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher

Myiobius barbatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyTyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
GenusMyiobius (Myiobiuses)
SpeciesMyiobius barbatus (Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Tortuguero National Park

1 Verified sightings at Tortuguero National Park From 2019 to 2026

4,640 Verified sightings across all 38 parks From 2019 to 2026

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

About the Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher

The whiskered myiobius or bearded flycatcher (Myiobius barbatus) is a species of bird in the family Onychorhynchidae, having previously been included in Tyrannidae and Tityridae. Some taxonomic authorities continue to place them with the flycatchers or tityras. The whiskered myiobius is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

The whiskered myiobius was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the flycatcher in the genus Muscicapa and coined the binomial name Muscicapa barbata. The specific epithet is from the Latin barbatus meaning "bearded". Gmelin based his description on "Le barbichon de Cayenne" that had been described in 1778 by the French polymath the Comte de Buffon and illustrated with a hand-coloured engraving by François-Nicolas Martinet. The whiskered myiobius is now one of four species placed in the genus Myiobius that was erected in 1839 by George Gray.

Five subspecies are recognised... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Tortuguero National Park

Pitangus sulphuratus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Tyrannus melancholicus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Myiozetetes similis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Todirostrum cinereum

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Megarynchus pitangua

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

LC Endemic

Attila spadiceus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Contopus virens

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Zimmerius vilissimus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Myiarchus crinitus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Myiozetetes granadensis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ornithion brunneicapillus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tyrannus tyrannus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

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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	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
2	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~20%
3	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	~20%
4	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
5	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
6	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
7	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
8	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
9	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	<5%
10	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
11	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
12	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
13	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
14	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
15	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
16	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
17	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
18	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
19	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
20	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
21	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
22	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
23	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
24	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
25	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
26	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
27	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
28	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
29	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
30	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	Insufficient data
31	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
32	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
33	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
34	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
35	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
36	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
37	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
38	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	Insufficient data

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Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher

About the Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher

Closest Relatives at Tortuguero National Park

Great Kiskadee

Tropical Kingbird

Social Flycatcher

Common Tody-Flycatcher

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Bright-rumped Attila

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Guatemalan Paltry Tyrannulet

Great Crested Flycatcher

Gray-capped Flycatcher

Brown-capped Tyrannulet

Eastern Kingbird

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found