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 Soberanía National Park
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Rusty-margined Flycatcher
Myiozetetes cayanensis
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Todirostrum cinereum
Southern Bentbill
Oncostoma olivaceum
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Lesser Kiskadee
Pitangus lictor
Forest Elaenia
Myiopagis gaimardii
Bright-rumped Attila
Attila spadiceus
Brown-capped Tyrannulet
Ornithion brunneicapillus
Streaked Flycatcher
Myiodynastes maculatus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Long-tailed Tyrant at Soberanía 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