Hylopezus macularius
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The spotted antpitta (Hylopezus macularius) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The spotted antpitta's taxonomy is unsettled.
They previously considered what are now the masked antpitta (H. auricularis) and Snethlage's antpitta (H. paraensis) as subspecies. They recognized the first of them as a species following a 1998 publication and the second after a study published in 2012.
BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) implemented the split of the masked antpitta. However, as of late 2024 it has retained H. paraensis as a subspecies of the spotted antpitta. It also recognizes H. (macularius) whittakeri as a spotted antpitta subspecies. The other taxonomies recognize it as the Alta Floresta antpitta.
This article follows the two-subspecies model. The spotted antpitta is... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Antpitta sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 117th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Antpitta in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against under 5% in August, the lowest month. 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 Spotted Antpitta 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 Brownsberg Nature Park, in our data
Brownsberg Nature Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spotted Antpitta sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Grallariidae
The closest relatives of the Spotted Antpitta that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (family Grallariidae, Antpittas) are Variegated Antpitta (about 10%) and Thrush-like Antpitta (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted Antpitta is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (30 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.
