Syndactyla rufosuperciliata
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner sighting in El Palmar National Park on a given day, based on 96 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 58th most-seen of the 151 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, July and December–February
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner in El Palmar National Park on a given day, against about 10% in August, the lowest month.
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.
Yes
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner sightings, El Palmar National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come 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 El Palmar National Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Rufous Hornero (about 70%), Sooty-fronted Spinetail (about 60%) and Narrow-billed Woodcreeper (about 60%), 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 El Palmar National Park (96 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.
