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 Poás Volcano National Park
Mountain Elaenia
Elaenia frantzii
Black-capped Flycatcher
Empidonax atriceps
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Yellowish Flycatcher
Empidonax flavescens
Olive-striped Flycatcher (Olive-streaked)
Mionectes olivaceus
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Dark Pewee
Contopus lugubris
Guatemalan Paltry Tyrannulet
Zimmerius vilissimus
Tufted Flycatcher
Mitrephanes phaeocercus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Boat-billed Flycatcher at Poás Volcano 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