Cranioleuca pallida
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The pallid spinetail (Cranioleuca pallida) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Brazil. The pallid spinetail is monotypic. It and the stripe-crowned spinetail (C. pyrrhophia) are sister species, and the two are closely related to the olive spinetail (C. obsoleta).
The pallid spinetail is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 11 to 12 g (0.39 to 0.42 oz). It is a smallish member of genus Cranioleuca. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a wide whitish supercilium, a blackish spot in front of the eye, a dark brown band behind the eye, and buffy ear coverts with faint dark brownish streaks. Their forehead is streaked blackish and buff, their crown is dark rufous, and their nape gray. Their back and rump are tawny-olive or olive-brown. Their tail is dark rufous; the feathers are graduated and lack barbs at the end giving a spiky appearance. Their wing coverts are rufous, their primary coverts dark brown, and their flight feathers pale cinnamon-tawny to pale olive-tawny. Their chin is buffy whitish, their throat and breast bright buffy to brownish olive, their... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pallid Spinetail sighting in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, based on 906 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 28th most-seen of the 352 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, July and October–November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Pallid Spinetail in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, against about 20% in May, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pallid Spinetail 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 Pallid Spinetail sightings, Itatiaia National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Pallid Spinetail that you can see in Itatiaia National Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Olivaceous Woodcreeper (about 50%), Rufous-capped Spinetail (about 40%) and Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pallid Spinetail is recorded against all the birds logged in Itatiaia National Park (906 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.
