Glyphorynchus spirurus
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The wedge-billed woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus) is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
The wedge-billed woodcreeper is the only member of its genus. It has these 13 subspecies that are sorted into three groups and a species by the Clements taxonomy: "spirurus" group "cuneatus" group The groups differ vocally; that and plumage and genetic differences among the subspecies suggest that the wedge-billed woodcreeper is actually more than one species.
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Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Wedge-billed Woodcreeper sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 120 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st 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
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Wedge-billed Woodcreeper in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against about 30% in January, August and November, the lowest months. May to July have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wedge-billed 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.
Yes
Of the 41 parks where we can rate Wedge-billed Woodcreeper sightings, Brownsberg Nature Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper (about 40%), Buff-throated Woodcreeper (about 40%) and Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (120 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.
