Furnarius longirostris
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The Caribbean hornero (Furnarius longirostris) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. The Caribbean hornero's taxonomy is unsettled. The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (SACC) treats it as two subspecies of the pale-legged hornero (F. leucopus). Early authors (e.g. Chapman) had treated them separately.
The Caribbean hornero is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long. It is a medium-sized hornero with a long and somewhat decurved bill. The subspecies differ little and the sexes' plumages are alike. Adults have a wide white supercilium, a narrow brownish gray stripe behind the eye, tawny ear coverts, and a tawny-rufous malar area. Their crown is gray. Their back, rump, and wing and uppertail coverts are bright orange rufous. Their tail is chestnut. Their... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Caribbean Hornero sighting in Barranquilla on a given day, based on 66 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 67th most-seen of the 153 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August–October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Caribbean Hornero in Barranquilla on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and November, the lowest months. Those are among Barranquilla's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Caribbean Hornero sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Barranquilla, in our data
Barranquilla is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Caribbean Hornero sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Caribbean Hornero that you can see in Barranquilla (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Yellow-chinned Spinetail (about 30%), Straight-billed Woodcreeper (about 10%) and Pale-breasted Spinetail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Caribbean Hornero is recorded against all the birds logged in Barranquilla (66 verified sightings), 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.
