Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner

Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner

Philydor lichtensteini

Silhouette: Abraão B. Leite · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Iguazú National Park

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%

1,338 Verified sightings at Iguazú National Park From 2019 to 2026
2,540 In all 5 parks
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner

The ochre-breasted foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia lichtensteini) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The ochre-breasted foliage-gleaner was previously included in genus Philydor but a 2011 paper made it plain that it did not belong there. The same paper found the white-browed foliage-gleaner (A. amaurotis) and the ochre-breasted to be sister species.

The ochre-breasted foliage gleaner is monotypic. The ochre-breasted foliage-gleaner is 15 to 17 cm (5.9 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 18 to 24 g (0.63 to 0.85 oz). It is a medium-sized furnariid with a wedge-shaped bill that is the shortest in its genus. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have an ochraceous eye ring and sharply defined supercilium, a dark brownish band behind the eye, dull rufous-ochre ear coverts, and pale brownish lores. Their crown is dull gray-brown with vague paler streaks, their back rufescent brown, and their rump and uppertail coverts a slightly lighter rufescent brown. Their tail is mostly rufous with rufescent brown outer webs on the innermost pair of feathers. Their... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Recording0:07

Brazil · 2020

Fernando Sessegolo · iNaturalist · CC0

Recording0:28

Argentina · 2024

© Joplo · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

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Brazil · 2025

© Augusto Matheus dos Santos · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
2 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
3 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
4 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
5 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner in Iguazú National Park?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 1,338 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 343 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner in Iguazú National Park?

May

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against about 20% in October to January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Iguazú National Park the best place to see an Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner?

Among the best

Of the 5 parks where we can rate Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner sightings, Iguazú National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 30%).

Where does the Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner is recorded against all the birds logged in Iguazú National Park (1,338 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.

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