Pheugopedius coraya
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The coraya wren (Pheugopedius coraya) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae, the wrens. The coraya wren was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the thrushes in the genus Turdus and coined the binomial name Turdus coraya. Gmelin based his description on "Le Coraya" from Cayenne in French Guiana that had been described in 1778 by the French polymath the Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. A hand-coloured engraving by François-Nicolas Martinet was published to accompany Buffon's text. The word "coraya" as the specific epithet and in the common name is a homophone for the French queue rayée meaning "barred tail". The coraya wren is now one of twelve placed in the genus Pheugopedius that was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.
Ten subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Coraya Wren sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve on a given day, based on 63 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 107th most-seen of the 328 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Coraya Wren in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–May and July, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Coraya Wren sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Coraya Wren sightings, Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%), Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 30%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 20%).
Same family: Troglodytidae
The closest relatives of the Coraya Wren that you can see in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (family Troglodytidae, Wrens) are Thrush-like Wren (about 20%) and Southern House Wren (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Coraya Wren is recorded against all the birds logged in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (63 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.
