Xiphorhynchus picus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The straight-billed woodcreeper (Dendroplex picus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Panama, Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The straight-billed woodcreeper was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the orioles in the genus Oriolus and coined the binomial name Oriolus picus. The specific epithet picus is the Latin word for a woodpecker. Gmelin based his description on "Le pic-grimpereaux" from Cayenne that had been described and illustrated in 1780 by the French polymath, the Comte de Buffon. The straight-billed woodcreeper was later moved to genus Dendroplex that was introduced in 1827 by William Swainson. In the 1950s genus Dendroplex was merged into genus Xyphorhynchus but in the early 2000s it was resurrected for this species and Zimmer's woodcreeper (D. kienerii).
Thirteen subspecies of the straight-billed woodcreeper are recognized. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 10 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 12 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 13 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 15 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Straight-billed Woodcreeper sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 304 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 110th most-seen of the 363 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Straight-billed Woodcreeper in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in March–July and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Straight-billed Woodcreeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Straight-billed Woodcreeper sightings, Panama City ranks 10th at under 5%. The best odds are in Fortaleza (Brazil, about 30%), Belém (Brazil, about 20%) and Manaus (Brazil, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Straight-billed Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Panama City (304 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.
