Cranioleuca pallida
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The pallid spinetail (Cranioleuca pallida) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Brazil. The pallid spinetail is monotypic. It and the stripe-crowned spinetail (C. pyrrhophia) are sister species, and the two are closely related to the olive spinetail (C. obsoleta).
The pallid spinetail is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 11 to 12 g (0.39 to 0.42 oz). It is a smallish member of genus Cranioleuca. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a wide whitish supercilium, a blackish spot in front of the eye, a dark brown band behind the eye, and buffy ear coverts with faint dark brownish streaks. Their forehead is streaked blackish and buff, their crown is dark rufous, and their nape gray. Their back and rump are tawny-olive or olive-brown. Their tail is dark rufous; the feathers are graduated and lack barbs at the end giving a spiky appearance. Their wing coverts are rufous, their primary coverts dark brown, and their flight feathers pale cinnamon-tawny to pale olive-tawny. Their chin is buffy whitish, their throat and breast bright buffy to brownish olive, their... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pallid Spinetail sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 666 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 91st most-seen of the 353 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.
May to November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pallid Spinetail in São Paulo on a given day, against under 5% in December to April, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pallid Spinetail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Pallid Spinetail sightings, São Paulo has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Curitiba (Brazil, under 5%).
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Pallid Spinetail that you can see in São Paulo (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Rufous Hornero (about 60%), Spix's Spinetail (about 10%) and Yellow-chinned Spinetail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pallid Spinetail is recorded against all the birds logged in São Paulo (666 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.
