Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae (Tirànids)
- GenusContopus (Pewees)
- SpeciesContopus cooperi (Olive-sided Flycatcher)
The olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) is a small to medium sized passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatcher family. It is a migratory species that travels from South America to North America to breed during the summer. It is an agile flyer and mainly consumes flying insects caught in flight. Since 2016, this species has been assessed as being near-threatened globally (IUCN) and threatened in Canada (SRA) due to its declining populations. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
Southern Tropical Pewee
Contopus cinereus
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Couch's Kingbird
Tyrannus couchii
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Tolmomyias sulphurescens
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Elaenia flavogaster
Eye-ringed Flatbill
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Olive-sided Flycatcher at Sian Ka'an Biosphere 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