Drymophila malura
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The dusky-tailed antbird (Drymophila malura) is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The dusky-tailed antbird was described by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1825 and given the binomial name Myiothera malura. The specific epithet malura is from the Ancient Greek malos "soft" or "weak". It is now placed in the genus Drymophila which was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1824.
The dusky-tailed antbird is monotypic. The dusky-tailed antbird is 13 to 14.5 cm (5.1 to 5.7 in) long and weighs 11 to 13 g (0.39 to 0.46 oz). Adult males' head and neck are streaked with black and whitish gray. Their upperparts are gray with a white patch between the scapulars; the white feathers have black tips. Their flight feathers are brownish and their wing coverts blackish with white tips. Their tail is brownish gray. Their throat and breast are streaked black and white and their flanks and crissum are olive-brown. Females' crown, nape, and sides of the neck have heavy dark brown and buff to olive-brown streaks... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky-tailed Antbird sighting in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 261st most-seen of the 352 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky-tailed Antbird in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months. That is one of Itatiaia National Park's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 330 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky-tailed Antbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Dusky-tailed Antbird sightings, Itatiaia National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, under 5%).
Same genus: Drymophila
The closest relatives of the Dusky-tailed Antbird that you can see in Itatiaia National Park (genus Drymophila, Long-tailed Antbirds) are Ferruginous Antbird (about 30%), Rufous-tailed Antbird (about 20%) and Ochre-rumped Antbird (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky-tailed Antbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Itatiaia National Park (31 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.
