Drymophila ferruginea
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The ferruginous antbird (Drymophila ferruginea) is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to Brazil. The ferruginous antbird was described by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1822 and given the binomial name Myiothera ferruginea. It is now placed in genus Drymophila which was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1824.
The specific epithet is from the Latin ferrugineus, "rusty-colored". The ferruginous antbird has no subspecies, but what is now Bertoni's antbird (Drymophila rubricollis) was previously treated as a subspecies of it. The ferruginous antbird is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 9.5 to 11.5 g (0.34 to 0.41 oz). Adult males have a black crown, a white supercilium, a wide black band through the eye, and white cheeks with black speckles. Their upperparts are mostly reddish yellow-brown with a (usually hidden) white patch between the scapulars and a rufous rump. Their wings are brownish black with buffish edges on the flight feathers and wide white tips on the coverts. Their tail is black with wide white tips... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Ferruginous Antbird sighting in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, based on 514 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 74th most-seen of the 352 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.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Ferruginous Antbird in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February, the lowest month. That is one of Itatiaia National Park's wettest months, with about 330 mm of rain against 25 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ferruginous Antbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Ferruginous Antbird sightings, Itatiaia National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, under 5%).
Same genus: Drymophila
The closest relatives of the Ferruginous Antbird that you can see in Itatiaia National Park (genus Drymophila, Long-tailed Antbirds) are Rufous-tailed Antbird (about 20%), Ochre-rumped Antbird (about 20%) and Bertoni's Antbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ferruginous Antbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Itatiaia National Park (514 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.
