Sakesphorus cristatus
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The silvery-cheeked antshrike (Sakesphoroides cristatus) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to Brazil. The silvery-cheeked antshrike was originally described as Turdus cristatus. and was later transferred to genus Sakesphorus. Its transfer to the new genus Sakesphoroides was proposed in 2010 based on the species' distinctive morphology. It uniqueness was confirmed by a genetic study published in 2021. Based on that study, the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (SACC), the International Ornithological Congress (IOC), and the Clements taxonomy moved the silvery-cheeked antshrike to Sakesphoroides. However, as of January 2025 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) retained it in Sakesphorus.
The silvery-cheeked antshrike is the only member of genus Sakesphoroides. It was long treated as monotypic but a study published in 2024 proposed splitting it into two sub species. The IOC and Clements soon implemented the split. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Silvery-Cheeked Antshrike sighting in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 249th most-seen of the 271 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Silvery-Cheeked Antshrike in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Silvery-Cheeked Antshrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Chapada Diamantina National Park, in our data
Chapada Diamantina National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Silvery-Cheeked Antshrike sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Thamnophilidae
The closest relatives of the Silvery-Cheeked Antshrike that you can see in Chapada Diamantina National Park (family Thamnophilidae, Typical Antbirds) are Rufous-winged Antshrike (about 40%), Sincorá Antwren (about 40%) and Planalto Slaty-Antshrike (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Silvery-Cheeked Antshrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Chapada Diamantina National Park (10 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.
