Grallaricula ferrugineipectus
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The rusty-breasted antpitta (Grallaricula ferrugineipectus) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Subspecies G. f. rara was treated by some authors in the early twentieth century as a separate species. What is now the rufous-breasted antpitta (G. leymebambae) was previously a subspecies of the rusty-breasted but a study published in 2018 showed it to be a full species.
"Grallaricula are very small Andean antpittas, found mostly in low dense vegetation (such as treefall gaps, stream edges, and bamboo thickets)." The rusty-breasted antpitta is about 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) long; 10 individuals weighed an average of 16.5 g (0.58 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a large white or buff spot on their lores and a white or whitish buff arc behind their eye on an otherwise brown face. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are brown with a rufous tinge to the crown. Their throat and breast are rufous-buff... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty-breasted Antpitta sighting in Caracas on a given day, based on 93 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 165th most-seen of the 295 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty-breasted Antpitta in Caracas on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rusty-breasted Antpitta sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Caracas, in our data
Caracas is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rusty-breasted Antpitta sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Rusty-breasted Antpitta that you can see in Caracas (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Blue-gray Tanager (about 90%), Tropical Kingbird (about 80%) and Southern House Wren (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rusty-breasted Antpitta is recorded against all the birds logged in Caracas (93 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.
