Grallaria varia
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The variegated antpitta (Grallaria varia) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, the Guianas, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. The variegated antpitta was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-colored plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Formicarius varius in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The variegated antpitta is now placed in the genus Grallaria that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816. The genus name is from Neo-Latin grallarius meaning "stilt-walker". The specific epithet varia is from Latin varius meaning "various", "diverse" or "variegated".
The variegated antpitta has these five subspecies... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Variegated Antpitta sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 99 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 197th most-seen of the 346 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.
June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Variegated Antpitta in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–May, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Variegated Antpitta sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Variegated Antpitta sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 10%), Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 10%) and Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Variegated Antpitta that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Great Kiskadee (about 80%), Plush-crested Jay (about 70%) and Pale-breasted Thrush (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Variegated Antpitta is recorded against all the birds logged in Iguaçu National Park (99 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.
