Hylophylax naevius
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The spot-backed antbird (Hylophylax naevius) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
The spot-backed antbird 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 manakins in the genus Pipra and coined the binomial name Pipra naevia. Gmelin based his description on the Fourmillier tacheté, de Cayenne that had been depicted in a hand-colored engraving by François-Nicolas Martinet that was published to accompany Comte de Buffon's Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. The specific epithet is from Latin naevius meaning "spotted". The spot-backed antbird is now placed with two other species in the genus Hylophylax that was introduced in 1909 by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway.
The International Ornithological Congress and the Clements taxonomy recognize these five subspecies of the spot-backed antbird: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-backed Antbird sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 50 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 90th 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.
April
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-backed Antbird in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against about 10% in August, October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Brownsberg Nature Park's wettest months, with about 300 mm of rain against 55 mm in October. May to July have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spot-backed Antbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Spot-backed Antbird sightings, Brownsberg Nature Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, under 5%) and Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, under 5%).
Same family: Thamnophilidae
The closest relatives of the Spot-backed Antbird that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (family Thamnophilidae, Typical Antbirds) are Guianan Warbling-Antbird (about 60%), Mouse-colored Antshrike (about 50%) and Gray Antbird (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spot-backed Antbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (50 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.
