Myrmornis torquata
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The wing-banded antbird (Myrmornis torquata) is a species of passerine bird in subfamily Myrmornithinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
The wing-banded antbird was described by French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1779 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from a specimen 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 Formicarius torquatus in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The wing-banded antbird is now the only species placed in the genus Myrmornis that was introduced by the French naturalist Johann Hermann in 1783. The generic name combines the Ancient Greek murmēx meaning "ant" and ornis meaning "bird". The specific name... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wing-banded Antbird sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 115th 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.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Wing-banded Antbird in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, August, October and December, the lowest months. May to July have too few records to rate.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wing-banded Antbird 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 3 parks where we can rate Wing-banded Antbird sightings, Brownsberg Nature Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Darién National Park (Panama, about 10%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, under 5%).
Same family: Thamnophilidae
The closest relatives of the Wing-banded 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 Wing-banded Antbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (34 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.
