Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The rufous-margined antwren (Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus) is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds." It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The rufous-margined antwren was described by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1822 and given the binomial name Myiothera rufimarginata. It is now placed in the genus Herpsilochmus which was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847.
The specific epithet rufimarginatus is from the Latin rufus "rufous" and marginatus "marginned" or "bordered." The rufous-margined antwren's taxonomy is unsettled. Before 2020 the American Ornithological Society, the International Ornithological Committee, and the Clements taxonomy treated it and what is now the rusty-winged antwren (Herpsilochmus frater) as a single species, the rufous-winged antwren with the binomial H. rufimarginatus.
These systems assigned it four subspecies: Beginning in 2020 these systems split the rufous-winged antwren... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-margined Antwren sighting in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, based on 240 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 139th most-seen of the 352 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and August–September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-margined Antwren in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May–July and October–March, the lowest months. Those are among Itatiaia National Park's driest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against 330 mm in December.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-margined Antwren sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Rufous-margined Antwren sightings, Itatiaia National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 50%), Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 40%) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Thamnophilidae
The closest relatives of the Rufous-margined Antwren that you can see in Itatiaia National Park (family Thamnophilidae, Typical Antbirds) are Variable Antshrike (about 50%), White-shouldered Fire-eye (about 30%) and Plain Antvireo (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-margined Antwren is recorded against all the birds logged in Itatiaia National Park (240 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.
