Long-tailed Tyrant
Colonia colonus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae (Tirànids)
- GenusColonia
- SpeciesColonia colonus (Long-tailed Tyrant)
The long-tailed tyrant (Colonia colonus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Central America from Honduras to Panama and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at San Lorenzo Protected Forest
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Southern Bentbill
Oncostoma olivaceum
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Todirostrum cinereum
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Streaked Flycatcher
Myiodynastes maculatus
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Brown-capped Tyrannulet
Ornithion brunneicapillus
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
Tyrannulus elatus
Rusty-margined Flycatcher
Myiozetetes cayanensis
Forest Elaenia
Myiopagis gaimardii
Guatemalan Paltry Tyrannulet
Zimmerius vilissimus
Piratic Flycatcher
Legatus leucophaius
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Long-tailed Tyrant at San Lorenzo Protected Forest — 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