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Myiozetetes similis · Family Tyrannidae
Myiozetetes similis
Family Tyrannidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,202,250
- Countries and territories with records
- 21
About this species
This species has 1,202,250 occurrence records from 21 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Costa Rica (23.1%), Mexico (19.8%), Brazil (11.2%), Belize (10.7%) and Guatemala (5.9%); together they account for 70.8% of the total. In Costa Rica, this species accounts for 1.1% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Myiozetetes similis combines the genus name Myiozetetes with the species epithet similis. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Myiozetetes; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Myiozetetes cayanensis, Myiozetetes granadensis and Myiozetetes luteiventris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 423 species of the family Tyrannidae. This species ranks 12th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sayornis phoebe. Its record count is 8.7 times the family average (137,762). The family Tyrannidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.