Synallaxis hypospodia
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The cinereous-breasted spinetail (Synallaxis hypospodia) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. The cinereous-breasted spinetail was previously treated as a subspecies of Spix's spinetail (S. spixi); the two are now considered sister species. The cinereous-breasted spinetail is monotypic.
The cinereous-breasted spinetail is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 15 to 18 g (0.53 to 0.63 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a faint gray supercilium on an otherwise gray-brown face. Their forecrown is dark gray-brown, their crown and nape chestnut-rufous, and their back, rump and uppertail coverts dark brown. Their wing coverts are chestnut-rufous and their flight feathers dark brown with rufescent edges. Their tail is a darker brown than the back; it is graduated and the feathers have rounded tips. Their chin and throat are mostly whitish; the lower throat feathers are blackish with whitish edges. Their breast is brownish gray ("cinereous" means ash-colored), their belly whitish, and their flanks and undertail coverts brownish... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous-breasted Spinetail sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, based on 119 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 155th most-seen of the 308 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous-breasted Spinetail in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, against under 5% in September–October and December, the lowest months. January to April have too few records to rate.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinereous-breasted Spinetail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, in our data
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cinereous-breasted Spinetail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cinereous-breasted Spinetail is recorded against all the birds logged in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (119 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.
