Oreothlypis gutturalis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The flame-throated warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis) is a small New World warbler. It is sometimes placed in the genera Vermivora and Parula. The adult flame-throated warbler is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 10 g (0.35 oz). It has slate grey upper parts, with black on the back, lores, and around the eye. It has a vermilion throat and breast which contrast with the whitish belly. The sexes are almost identical, but the black mask is more extensive in the male. The young bird is browner above, duller below, and has a weak buff eyestripe and wing bars.
The call of this warbler is a sharp chit. The song is a buzzing pi pipipipi shwaaaa. This species is a resident breeder within the Talamancan montane forests of Costa Rica and western Panama, where it occurs in the canopy, woodland edges, and clearings with trees typically from 2,100 m (6,900 ft) up to the timberline. On the Caribbean slope in the wet season it may occur down to as low as 1,400 m (4,600 ft).
The deep cup nest, always sheltered above by epiphytes or mosses, is built in a tree or on a low bank. Two white eggs are laid between March and May. The flame-throated... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irazú Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-throated Warbler sighting in Chirripó National Park on a given day, based on 135 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 130th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May, August and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-throated Warbler in Chirripó National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April, June–July and September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flame-throated Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Flame-throated Warbler sightings, Chirripó National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Irazú Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 60%), Los Quetzales National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Parulidae
The closest relatives of the Flame-throated Warbler that you can see in Chirripó National Park (family Parulidae, New World Warblers) are Tennessee Warbler (about 40%), Slate-throated Redstart (about 30%) and Wilson's Warbler (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flame-throated Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Chirripó National Park (135 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.
