Herpsilochmus stictocephalus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Todd's antwren (Herpsilochmus stictocephalus) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Todd's antwren is monotypic. It appears to form a superspecies with the ancient antwren (H. gentryi).
Todd's antwren is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 8 to 9.5 g (0.28 to 0.34 oz). Adult males have a black forehead with short white streaks, a black crown and nape, a long white supercilium, and a black streak behind the eye. Their back and rump are light gray with small black patches, white-edged black scapulars, and a white patch between the scapulars. Their wings are black with white tips on the coverts and white edges on the flight feathers. Their tail is black; the feathers have white tips, white spots and a white streak on the central ones, and white edges on the outer ones. Their throat is white and their underparts pale gray with slightly darker sides. Adult females have a buff tinge on their forehead, a black crown with white spots, and light buff breast and sides. Their wings and tail are like the male... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Todd's Antwren sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 109 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December and January
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Todd's Antwren in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against about 20% in February and March, the lowest months. May to July have too few records to rate.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Todd's Antwren sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Brownsberg Nature Park, in our data
Brownsberg Nature Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Todd's Antwren sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Todd's Antwren is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (109 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.
