Whiskered Flycatcher
Myiobius barbatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae (Tirànids)
- GenusMyiobius (Myiobiuses)
- SpeciesMyiobius barbatus (Whiskered Flycatcher)
The whiskered myiobius or bearded flycatcher (Myiobius barbatus) is a species of bird in the family Onychorhynchidae, having previously been included in Tyrannidae and Tityridae. Some taxonomic authorities continue to place them with the flycatchers or tityras. The whiskered myiobius is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Tambopata National Reserve
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Forest Elaenia
Myiopagis gaimardii
Bright-rumped Attila
Attila spadiceus
Drab Water Tyrant
Ochthornis littoralis
Grayish Mourner
Rhytipterna simplex
Gray-crowned Flycatcher
Tolmomyias poliocephalus
Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher
Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Myiozetetes granadensis
Piratic Flycatcher
Legatus leucophaius
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Whiskered Flycatcher at Tambopata National Reserve — 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