Xiphorhynchus picus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The straight-billed woodcreeper (Dendroplex picus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Panama, Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The straight-billed woodcreeper was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the orioles in the genus Oriolus and coined the binomial name Oriolus picus. The specific epithet picus is the Latin word for a woodpecker. Gmelin based his description on "Le pic-grimpereaux" from Cayenne that had been described and illustrated in 1780 by the French polymath, the Comte de Buffon. The straight-billed woodcreeper was later moved to genus Dendroplex that was introduced in 1827 by William Swainson. In the 1950s genus Dendroplex was merged into genus Xyphorhynchus but in the early 2000s it was resurrected for this species and Zimmer's woodcreeper (D. kienerii).
Thirteen subspecies of the straight-billed woodcreeper are recognized. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 10 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 12 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 13 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 15 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Straight-billed Woodcreeper sighting in Barranquilla on a given day, based on 47 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 153 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.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Straight-billed Woodcreeper in Barranquilla on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Barranquilla's wettest months, with about 220 mm of rain against almost none in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Straight-billed Woodcreeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Straight-billed Woodcreeper sightings, Barranquilla ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Fortaleza (Brazil, about 30%), Belém (Brazil, about 20%) and Manaus (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Straight-billed Woodcreeper that you can see in Barranquilla (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Yellow-chinned Spinetail (about 30%), Caribbean Hornero (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 Straight-billed Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Barranquilla (47 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.
