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 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Caribbean Elaenia
Elaenia martinica
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Elaenia flavogaster
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus tyrannulus
Couch's Kingbird
Tyrannus couchii
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Camptostoma imberbe
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Boat-billed Flycatcher at Arrecifes de Cozumel 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