#1280 · 🐦 birds
Vermilion Flycatcher
🇳🇱 Scharlaken Tiran ·Pyrocephalus rubinus
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- 2. © Matt Blue · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 4. © James Bailey · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 8. © Esteban Poveda · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The scarlet flycatcher or austral vermilion flycatcher ( Pyrocephalus rubinus ) is a species of flycatcher, closely related to the vermilion flycatcher. It is found in southeastern Bolivia and Brazil, Paraguay to Argentina and Uruguay. It is recognized as a species by some taxonomic authorities, including the International Ornithologists' Union. Others still consider it to be a subspecies of the vermilion flycatcher.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 97,303 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Pieter Boddaert in 1783 (243 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Vermilion Flycatcher
- Nederlands
- Scharlaken Tiran
- scientific name
- Pyrocephalus rubinus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Tyrannidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 97,303
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1783 by Pieter Boddaert
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 16447, Wikidata Q572657, GBIF 2483647, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.