Brown-breasted Flycatcher
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Brown-breasted Flycatcher

Muscicapa muttui

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Periyar National Park
171 Verified records at Periyar National Park
January Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The brown-breasted flycatcher or Layard's flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species breeds in north eastern India, central and Southern China and northern Burma and Thailand, and migrates to southern India and Sri Lanka. It forages for insects below the forest canopy, often close to the forest floor. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-breasted Flycatcher sighting in Periyar National Park, based on 171 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Periyar National Park

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Asian Brown Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Muscicapa latirostris

30–40% · Possible
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher

Rusty-tailed Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Muscicapa ruficauda

10–20% · With luck
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
LC Endemic

Malabar Whistling-Thrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Myophonus horsfieldii

60–70% · Likely
Oriental Magpie-Robin
LC

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus saularis

20–30% · Possible
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher
LC Endemic

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher

Bird

Cyornis pallidipes

10–20% · With luck
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
LC Endemic

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cyornis tickelliae

10–20% · With luck
Blue-throated Flycatcher
LC

Blue-throated Flycatcher

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cyornis rubeculoides

5–10% · With luck
Pied Bushchat
LC

Pied Bushchat

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicola caprata

5–10% · With luck
Indian Blue Robin

Indian Blue Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Luscinia brunnea

<5% · Rare
Verditer Flycatcher
LC

Verditer Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Eumyias thalassinus

<5% · Rare
Black-and-orange Flycatcher
LC Endemic

Black-and-orange Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ficedula nigrorufa

<5% · Rare
Blue Rock-Thrush
LC

Blue Rock-Thrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Monticola solitarius

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

30–40
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
5–10
Apr
5–10
May
10–20
Jun
5–10
Jul
5–10
Aug
5–10
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
5–10
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Probability
1 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
40–50%
2 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
3 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
4 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
5 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
6 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
7 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
8 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
9 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
10 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
11 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
12 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
13 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
14 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
15 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Brown-breasted Flycatcher in Periyar National Park?

About 18% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-breasted Flycatcher sighting in Periyar National Park, based on 171 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Brown-breasted Flycatcher in Periyar National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Brown-breasted Flycatcher in Periyar National Park in our monthly data.

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