Anabacerthia variegaticeps
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The scaly-throated foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia variegaticeps), also known as the spectacled foliage-gleaner, is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country except Nicaragua, and in Colombia and Ecuador.
The scaly-throated foliage-gleaner's taxonomy is unsettled. The Clements taxonomy does not recognize A. v. schaldachi but includes it within the nominate. Some authors in the early twentieth century treated the scaly-breasted foliage-gleaner and the montane foliage-gleaner (A. striaticollis) as conspecific. Later they were considered to form a superspecies but by the early 2000s it was determined that they are not even sister species. Other authors have suggested that temporalis should be treated as a separate species, and yet other authors have suggested that it is better treated as a subspecies of the... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner sighting in El Triunfo on a given day, based on 77 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 51st most-seen of the 221 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
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner in El Triunfo on a given day, against about 10% in February and 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 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scaly-throated 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 11 parks where we can rate Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner sightings, El Triunfo has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Cusuco National Park (Honduras, about 10%) and Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 10%).
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner that you can see in El Triunfo (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (about 30%), Olivaceous Woodcreeper (about 20%) and Spot-crowned Woodcreeper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner is recorded against all the birds logged in El Triunfo (77 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.
