Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The montane woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger) is a perching bird species in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The montane woodcreeper was formerly considered conspecific with the spot-crowned woodcreeper (L. affinis) but they were split in the early 2000s.
The montane woodcreeper has these nine subspecies: Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger sanctaemartae (Chapman, 1912) Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger sneiderni Meyer de Schauensee, 1945 Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger lacrymiger (Lafresnaye, 1849)
Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger lafresnayi (Cabanis & Heine, 1860) Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger aequatorialis (Ménégaux, 1912) Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger frigidus Meyer de Schauensee, 1951 Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger warscewiczi (Cabanis & Heine, 1860)
Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger carabayae Hellmayr, 1920 Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger bolivianus (Chapman, 1919) The montane woodcreeper is 19 to 19.5 cm (7.5 to 7.7 in) long; males weigh 31 to 35 g (1.1 to 1.2 oz) and females 29.5 to 33 g (1.0 to 1.2 oz). It is a smallish to medium-sized woodcreeper with a slim, slightly decurved bill... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 6 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Montane Woodcreeper sighting in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, based on 461 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 106th most-seen of the 542 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.
February, May and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Montane Woodcreeper in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, against about 10% in March–April, June–September and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Montane Woodcreeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Montane Woodcreeper sightings, Farallones de Cali National Natural Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Los Nevados National Natural Park (Colombia, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Montane Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (461 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.
