Ochetorhynchus andaecola
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
The rock earthcreeper (Ochetorhynchus andaecola) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia, and as a vagrant in Chile. For a time the straight-billed earthcreeper was placed in genus Upucerthia but since the early 2000s has been in its present genus.
The straight-billed earthcreeper is monotypic. The rock earthcreeper is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 28 to 34 g (0.99 to 1.2 oz). It is a medium-sized earthcreeper whose bill is long and slightly decurved. The sexes are alike. Adults have a buff supercilium, a dark brownish stripe behind the eye, and buff cheeks. Their crown, back, and rump are rich brown and their uppertail coverts dark rufous-brown. Their tail is dark rufous and their wings slightly more rufescent than their back. Their throat is buffy whitish, their breast and belly darker with a tawny tinge and darker streaks on their sides and flanks, and their undertail coverts tawny. Their iris is brown, their bill blackish with a pale gray base to the mandible, and their legs and feet dark brown or gray-brown. Juveniles have pale feather... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rock Earthcreeper sighting in La Paz on a given day, based on 41 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 37th most-seen of the 88 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rock Earthcreeper in La Paz on a given day, against under 5% in May, the lowest month.
Only La Paz, in our data
La Paz is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rock Earthcreeper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Rock Earthcreeper that you can see in La Paz (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Creamy-breasted Canastero (about 50%), Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail (about 20%) and Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rock Earthcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in La Paz (41 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.
