Catharus aurantiirostris
Silhouette: Sharon Wegner-Larsen · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The orange-billed nightingale-thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes and allies. It is found from northern Mexico through Central America (except Belize) into northern South America. In addition it has been documented in Brazil and as a vagrant to the United States.
The orange-billed nightingale-thrush was originally described in 1850 as Turdus aurantiirostris. It was later reassigned to its present genus Catharus that had been erected that same year. The further taxonomy of the orange-billed nightingale-thrush is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World assign it these 11 subspecies: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 9 | Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 10 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 12 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 14 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 16 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 17 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 18 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 20 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 21 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 8 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 9 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush sighting in Medellín on a given day, based on 131 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 99th most-seen of the 244 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush in Medellín on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush sightings, Medellín ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Guatemala City (Guatemala, about 20%) and San José (Costa Rica, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Medellín (131 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.
