Conopophaga ardesiaca
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The slaty gnateater (Conopophaga ardesiaca) is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. The position of the slaty gnateater in linear format is unsettled. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and the Clements taxonomy place it differently within the gnateater family.
The slaty gnateater is 12.5 to 14 cm (4.9 to 5.5 in) long, and 57 specimens had a mean weight of 26.3 g (0.93 oz). The plumage is variable, but the typical male's head is mostly dark gray that continues through most of the underparts. The crown and upper parts are brown and the flanks and lower belly are brownish gray. It has a white tuft behind the eye. Birds in the Cochabamba Department of Bolivia are much darker. The female has more brown on the face, the white tuft is much smaller, and there is a white patch on the belly. The upper parts can be... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Slaty Gnateater sighting in Amboró National Park on a given day, based on 171 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 36th most-seen of the 273 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and September–October
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Slaty Gnateater in Amboró National Park on a given day, against about 10% in November, the lowest month. June has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slaty Gnateater sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Amboró National Park, in our data
Amboró National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Slaty Gnateater sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Slaty Gnateater that you can see in Amboró National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Purplish Jay (about 80%), Plush-crested Jay (about 80%) and Crested Oropendola (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slaty Gnateater is recorded against all the birds logged in Amboró National Park (171 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.
