Phacellodomus inornatus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The plain thornbird (Phacellodomus inornatus) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. The plain thornbird was formally described in 1887 by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway based on a specimen collected in Caracas, Venezuela. He coined the binomial name Phacellodomus inornatus. Its specific epithet is Latin meaning "plain" or "unadorned".
The plain thornbird's taxonomy is unsettled. The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society treats the two taxa as subspecies of the rufous-fronted thornbird (P. rufifrons). The plain thornbird is 16 to 17 cm (6.3 to 6.7 in) long and weighs about 20 to 31 g (0.71 to 1.1 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Thornbird sighting in Henri Pittier National Park on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 171st most-seen of the 358 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.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Thornbird in Henri Pittier National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and July–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plain Thornbird 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 Henri Pittier National Park, in our data
Henri Pittier National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Plain Thornbird sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Plain Thornbird that you can see in Henri Pittier National Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Cocoa Woodcreeper (about 30%), Plain-brown Woodcreeper (about 20%) and Olivaceous Woodcreeper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plain Thornbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Henri Pittier National Park (30 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.
