Boat-billed Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae (Tirànids)
- GenusMegarynchus
- SpeciesMegarynchus pitangua (Boat-billed Flycatcher)
The boat-billed flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) is a large member of the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country though only as a vagrant in Chile. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Coiba National Park
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Elaenia flavogaster
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Panama Flycatcher
Myiarchus panamensis
Southern Tropical Pewee
Contopus cinereus
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Todirostrum cinereum
Streaked Flycatcher
Myiodynastes maculatus
Sepia-capped Flycatcher
Leptopogon amaurocephalus
Lesser Elaenia
Elaenia chiriquensis
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Camptostoma obsoletum
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Greenish Elaenia
Myiopagis viridicata
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Boat-billed Flycatcher at Coiba 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