Thripadectes ignobilis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The uniform treehunter (Thripadectes ignobilis) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. The uniform treehunter is a sister species of the flammulated treehunter (T. flammulatus) and Peruvian treehunter (T. scrutator). It is monotypic.
The uniform treehunter is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs between 48 and 51 g (1.7 and 1.8 oz). It is the smallest, darkest, and shortest-billed member of its genus. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a vague narrow supercilium and wide eyering that are dull tawny-rufous, blackish brown lores grizzled with pale buff, blackish ear coverts with narrow ochraceous-buff streaks, and a dark brown malar area with lighter blurry streaks and spots. Their crown is dark brown with vague pale spots on the forehead. Their back and rump are slightly paler and redder than the crown. Their wings and tail are rich dark reddish brown. Their throat is dull dark buff with wide blurry darker streaks, their breast and belly rich dark brown with narrow buff streaks that disappear to the rear, their flanks dark reddish brown... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Uniform Treehunter sighting in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, based on 295 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 131st most-seen of the 542 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Uniform Treehunter in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and June, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Uniform Treehunter sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Farallones de Cali National Natural Park, in our data
Farallones de Cali National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Uniform Treehunter sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Uniform Treehunter is recorded against all the birds logged in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (295 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.
