Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper

Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper

Dendrocolaptes certhia

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Brownsberg Nature Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

63 Verified sightings at Brownsberg Nature Park From 2019 to 2026
765 In all 9 parks
March Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper

The Amazonian barred woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes certhia) is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

The Amazonian barred woodcreeper was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from two specimens collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-colored plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Picus certhia in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The Amazonian barred woodcreeper is now one of five woodcreepers placed in the genus Dendrocolaptes that was introduced by the French naturalist Johann Hermann in 1804. The generic name is from the Ancient Greek dendrokolaptēs meaning "woodpecker". The specific... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:32

Brazil · 2026

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1183730 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:38

Ecuador · 2025

© Marc Anderson · XC987204 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Canto0:05

Brazil · 2018

© Caio Brito · XC556280 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
~20%
2 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
3 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%
4 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
5 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
6 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
7 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
8 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
9 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper in Brownsberg Nature Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 63 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 86th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper in Brownsberg Nature Park?

March

In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against about 10% in August–September and December–January, the lowest months. May to July have too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see an Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Brownsberg Nature Park the best place to see an Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper?

Yes

Of the 9 parks where we can rate Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper sightings, Brownsberg Nature Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 10%).

Where does the Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (63 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.

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