Xenerpestes minlosi
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The double-banded greytail (Xenerpestes minlosi) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. It shares genus Xenerpestes with the equatorial greytail (X. singularis) and together they are sister species to the orange-fronted plushcrown (Metopothrix aurantiaca).
The double-banded greytail is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long. It is a tiny furnariid that resembles a warbler. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have olive-buff lores, a creamy white supercilium, and a dark gray line behind the eye on an otherwise grayish face. Their crown is blackish and their back, rump, and tail are dark gray. Their wings are dark gray with yellowish at the bend and two white bars on the coverts. Their throat and underparts are creamy whitish with some grayish flecks on the breast and olive-buff undertail coverts. Their iris is light brown, their maxilla dark brown, their mandible grayish white, and their legs... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Double-banded Graytail sighting in Darién National Park on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 198th most-seen of the 397 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, May, September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Double-banded Graytail in Darién National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, April, June–August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Double-banded Graytail 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 Darién National Park, in our data
Darién National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Double-banded Graytail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Double-banded Graytail that you can see in Darién National Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Cocoa Woodcreeper (about 30%), Black-striped Woodcreeper (about 30%) and Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Double-banded Graytail is recorded against all the birds logged in Darién National Park (30 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.
