Syndactyla rufosuperciliata
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The buff-browed foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla rufosuperciliata) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
The buff-browed foliage-gleaner's taxonomy is unsettled. This article follows the four-subspecies model. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 249th most-seen of the 346 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.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in El Palmar National Park (Argentina, about 20%), Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 20%) and Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Rufous Hornero (about 40%), White-eyed Foliage-gleaner (about 30%) and Olivaceous Woodcreeper (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner is recorded against all the birds logged in Iguaçu National Park (45 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.
