Rufous-browed Conebill

Rufous-browed Conebill

Conirostrum rufum

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Bogota

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

1,204 Verified sightings at Bogota
688 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
January 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 Bogota?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-browed Conebill sighting in Bogota on a given day, based on 1,204 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 35th most-seen of the 231 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Rufous-browed Conebill in Bogota?

January

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-browed Conebill in Bogota on a given day, against about 10% in June and November, the lowest months. That is one of Bogota's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 210 mm in April.

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 Bogota, in our data

Bogota is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rufous-browed Conebill sightings: about 20% 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 Bogota (1,204 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.

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