Piratic Flycatcher
Legatus leucophaius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae (Tirànids)
- GenusLegatus
- SpeciesLegatus leucophaius (Piratic Flycatcher)
The piratic flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country except El Salvador, in Trinidad and Tobago, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, though in Uruguay only as a vagrant. It has also occurred several times as a vagrant in the southern United States. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Tijuca National Park
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Todirostrum poliocephalum
Masked Water-Tyrant
Fluvicola nengeta
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Tolmomyias sulphurescens
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Camptostoma obsoletum
Streaked Flycatcher
Myiodynastes maculatus
Sepia-capped Flycatcher
Leptopogon amaurocephalus
Cliff Flycatcher
Hirundinea ferruginea
Euler's Flycatcher
Lathrotriccus euleri
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Piratic Flycatcher at Tijuca 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