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 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 54 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 143rd most-seen of the 275 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.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months. That is one of Cumbres de Monterrey National Park's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain against 20 mm in December.
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.
13th of 21
Of the 21 parks where we can rate Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush sightings, Cumbres de Monterrey National Park ranks 13th at under 5%. The best odds are in Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 20%) and La Tigra National Park (Honduras, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (54 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
