Sipia laemosticta
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The dull-mantled antbird (Sipia laemosticta) is a perching bird species in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. The dull-mantled antbird was described by the English naturalist Osbert Salvin in 1865 and given the binomial name Myrmeciza laemosticta. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that the genus Myrmeciza, as then defined, was polyphyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, four species including the dull-mantled antbird were moved to the resurrected genus Sipia that had been introduced by the Austrian ornithologist Carl Eduard Hellmayr in 1924.
What is now the Magdalena antbird (S. palliata) was previously considered conspecific with the dull-mantled antbird but was elevated to species status based on an analysis of vocalization and mitochondrial DNA sequences published in 2010.
The dull-mantled antbird's closest relative appears to be the Esmeraldas antbird (S. nigricauda). The other two members of genus Sipia, the Magdalena antbird and stub-tailed antbird (S. berlepschi) are the next most closely related. The chestnut... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dull-mantled Antbird sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 2,163 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 102nd most-seen of the 503 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, August, October and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dull-mantled Antbird in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January–February, April–July, September and November, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dull-mantled Antbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Dull-mantled Antbird sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Darién National Park (Panama, about 20%).
Same family: Thamnophilidae
The closest relatives of the Dull-mantled Antbird that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (family Thamnophilidae, Typical Antbirds) are Spotted Antbird (about 20%), Dusky Antbird (about 10%) and Barred Antshrike (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dull-mantled Antbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (2,163 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.
