Catharus aurantiirostris
Silhouette: Sharon Wegner-Larsen · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The orange-billed nightingale-thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes and allies. It is found from northern Mexico through Central America (except Belize) into northern South America. In addition it has been documented in Brazil and as a vagrant to the United States.
The orange-billed nightingale-thrush was originally described in 1850 as Turdus aurantiirostris. It was later reassigned to its present genus Catharus that had been erected that same year. The further taxonomy of the orange-billed nightingale-thrush is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World assign it these 11 subspecies: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 9 | Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 10 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 12 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 14 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 16 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 17 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 18 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 20 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 21 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 8 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 9 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush sighting in El Triunfo on a given day, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 86th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush in El Triunfo on a given day, against about 10% in January–March, August and October–November, the lowest months. That is one of El Triunfo's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 420 mm in June. June has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 21
Of the 21 parks where we can rate Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush sightings, El Triunfo ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 20%) and La Tigra National Park (Honduras, about 20%).
Same genus: Catharus
The closest relatives of the Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush that you can see in El Triunfo (genus Catharus, Brown Thrushes and Nightingale-Thrushes) are Swainson's Thrush (about 30%), Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush (about 30%) and Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in El Triunfo (44 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.
