Synallaxis albescens
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The pale-breasted spinetail (Synallaxis albescens) is a passerine bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
The pale-breasted spinetail's taxonomy is in flux. The IOC includes hypoleuca within latitabunda and griseonota within inaequalis. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World does not recognize the two Clements entries nor trinitatis.
What is now the dark-breasted spinetail (S. albigularis) was previously treated by some authors as conspecific with... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 7 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 11 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 12 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 15 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 16 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 18 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 4 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 5 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 9 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-breasted Spinetail sighting in Cordoba on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 116th most-seen of the 176 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-breasted Spinetail in Cordoba on a given day, against under 5% in November to September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-breasted Spinetail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Pale-breasted Spinetail sightings, Cordoba ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Medellín (Colombia, about 10%), Barranquilla (Colombia, about 10%) and Caracas (Venezuela, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-breasted Spinetail is recorded against all the birds logged in Cordoba (45 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.
