Upucerthia saturatior
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The Patagonian forest earthcreeper (Upucerthia saturatior), also known as the forest earthcreeper, is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile.
What is now the Patagonian forest earthcreeper was described in 1900 by W.E.D. Scott, but was long treated as a subspecies of the scale-throated earthcreeper. A 2009 paper provided the data to confirm it as a separate species.
The Patagonian forest earthcreeper is monotypic. The Patagonian forest earthcreeper is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long. It is a large earthcreeper with a medium-length and moderately decurved bill. The sexes' plumages are alike. Adults have a whitish supercilium on an otherwise grayish white and dark grayish brown face. Their crown is a dull dark grayish brown with some fainter mottling. Their nape, back, rump, and uppertail coverts are dark brownish gray with an olive tinge. Their tail's central feathers are dusky brown and the rest blackish brown. Their wings are grayish brown with dull rufous bases to the flight feathers. Their chin is whitish, their throat whitish with thin dark bars, their... 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 Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper sighting in Santiago on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 73rd most-seen of the 110 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper in Santiago on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper 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 Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Santiago (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.
