Xiphorhynchus guttatus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The buff-throated woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus guttatus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
What is now the cocoa woodcreeper (X. susurrans) of Central America and northwestern South America was long considered conspecific with the buff-throated woodcreeper, but since the 1990s has been treated as a distinct species. The two form a superspecies.
The buff-throated woodcreeper's remaining taxonomy is unsettled. The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society, the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), and the Clements taxonomy assign it these eight subspecies. Clements subdivides them into three groups.
"Buff-throated" group "Dusky-billed" group, also called the "eytoni" group Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 10 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-throated Woodcreeper sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, based on 211 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 133rd most-seen of the 308 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-throated Woodcreeper in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, against under 5% in November and December, the lowest months. Those are among Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in January. January to April have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buff-throated Woodcreeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Buff-throated Woodcreeper sightings, Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 40%), Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 40%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Buff-throated Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (211 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.
