Asthenes humicola
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The dusky-tailed canastero (Pseudasthenes humicola) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Chile. The dusky-tailed canastero was originally described as Synallaxis humicola and subsequently placed in genera Siptornis, Thripophaga, and Asthenes by various authors and taxonomic systems. Beginning in about 2010 it and three other members of Asthenes were moved to the newly coined genus Pseudasthenes.
The dusky-tailed canastero is 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 18 to 24 g (0.63 to 0.85 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a narrow whitish supercilium on an otherwise dark gray-brown face with faint paler streaks. Their crown is dark brown, their back a slightly paler brown, and paler brown rump and uppertail coverts that have a rufescent tinge. Their wings are mostly the same brown as the back with dull rufous on the shoulder. Their tail's central feathers... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky-tailed Canastero sighting in Santiago on a given day, based on 220 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 110 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 a Dusky-tailed Canastero in Santiago on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months. That is one of Santiago's wettest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 5 mm in December.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky-tailed Canastero sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Santiago, in our data
Santiago is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dusky-tailed Canastero sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky-tailed Canastero is recorded against all the birds logged in Santiago (220 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.
