Pheugopedius coraya
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The coraya wren (Pheugopedius coraya) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae, the wrens. The coraya wren was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the thrushes in the genus Turdus and coined the binomial name Turdus coraya. Gmelin based his description on "Le Coraya" from Cayenne in French Guiana that had been described in 1778 by the French polymath the Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. A hand-coloured engraving by François-Nicolas Martinet was published to accompany Buffon's text. The word "coraya" as the specific epithet and in the common name is a homophone for the French queue rayée meaning "barred tail". The coraya wren is now one of twelve placed in the genus Pheugopedius that was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.
Ten subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Coraya Wren sighting in Amacayacu National Natural Park on a given day, based on 219 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 436 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and May
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Coraya Wren in Amacayacu National Natural Park on a given day, against about 10% in November, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Coraya Wren sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Coraya Wren sightings, Amacayacu National Natural Park ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%).
Same family: Troglodytidae
The closest relatives of the Coraya Wren that you can see in Amacayacu National Natural Park (family Troglodytidae, Wrens) are Thrush-like Wren (about 30%), Buff-breasted Wren (about 20%) and Scaly-breasted Wren (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Coraya Wren is recorded against all the birds logged in Amacayacu National Natural Park (219 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
