Rufous-browed Conebill

Rufous-browed Conebill

Conirostrum rufum

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
at Chingaza National Natural Park

In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%

688 Verified sightings at Chingaza National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026
688 In 1 park
February Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Rufous-browed Conebill

The rufous-browed conebill (Conirostrum rufum) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia and far western Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Begging call0:22

Colombia · 2015

© Arcadio Marin · XC589815 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Recording0:23

Colombia · 2000

© Daniel Cadena (Colección de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) · XC525786 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call1:24

Colombia · 2015

© Diego Calderon-F. · XC301118 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~50%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bogota 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Rufous-browed Conebill in Chingaza National Natural Park?

Likely

About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-browed Conebill sighting in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, based on 688 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Rufous-browed Conebill in Chingaza National Natural Park?

February

In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-browed Conebill in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, against about 40% in May and August–October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Rufous-browed Conebill?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-browed Conebill sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Rufous-browed Conebill?

Only Chingaza National Natural Park, in our data

Chingaza National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rufous-browed Conebill sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Rufous-browed Conebill sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Rufous-browed Conebill is recorded against all the birds logged in Chingaza National Natural Park (688 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.

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