Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper

Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper

Lochmias nematura

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Itatiaia National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

225 Verified sightings at Itatiaia National Park From 2019 to 2026
748 In all 10 parks
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper

The sharp-tailed streamcreeper (Lochmias nematura) is a passerine bird of South America in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. Alternate names include streamside Lochmias, sharp-tailed creeper, and simply streamcreeper. It is found in Panama and every mainland South American country except Chile, French Guiana, and Suriname.

The sharp-tailed streamcreeper is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 20 to 38 g (0.71 to 1.3 oz). It is a rather dark furnariid with a long and slightly decurved bill. The sexes' plumages are alike. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a narrow ragged white supercilium... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:05

Brazil · 2026

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1150903 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:30

Brazil · 2025

© Joost van Bruggen · XC1050589 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Alarm call0:29

Bolivia · 2023

© Niels Krabbe · XC778875 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
2 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
3 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
6 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
7 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
8 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
9 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
10 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
2 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
3 Campinas 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
4 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
5 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
6 Brasilia 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
7 Santos 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper in Itatiaia National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper sighting in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, based on 225 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 143rd most-seen of the 352 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper in Itatiaia National Park?

March and April

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February, May and August–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Itatiaia National Park the best place to see a Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper?

3rd of 10

Of the 10 parks where we can rate Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper sightings, Itatiaia National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 20%) and Serra da Canastra National Park (Brazil, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper live in Itatiaia National Park?

Same family: Furnariidae

The closest relatives of the Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper that you can see in Itatiaia National Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Olivaceous Woodcreeper (about 50%), Pallid Spinetail (about 40%) and Rufous-capped Spinetail (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Itatiaia National Park (225 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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