Schizoeaca fuliginosa
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The white-chinned thistletail, or colicardo barbiblanco in Ecuador, (Asthenes fuliginosa) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
The white-chinned thistletail has four subspecies: Asthenes fuliginosa fuliginosa (Lafresnaye, 1843) Asthenes fuliginosa fumigata (Borrero, 1960) Asthenes fuliginosa peruviana (Cory, 1916) Asthenes fuliginosa plengei (O'Neill & Parker, 1976)
What are now several other individual species of thistletail were previously also treated as subspecies of the white-chinned thistletail. All of them were in genus Schizoeaca but genetic data showed that the genus is embedded within Asthenes. In addition, the mouse-colored thistletail (A. griseomurina) possibly should be treated as a fifth subspecies of the white-chinned.
The white-chinned thistletail is 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 14 to 20 g (0.49 to 0.71 oz). It is the largest thistletail. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies A. f. fuliginosa have a faint grayish-tawny supercilium and a whitish eyering on an otherwise... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-chinned Thistletail sighting in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, based on 388 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 127th most-seen of the 424 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, May–August and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-chinned Thistletail in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, April and September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-chinned Thistletail sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate White-chinned Thistletail sightings, Los Nevados National Natural Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Chingaza National Natural Park (Colombia, about 30%).
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the White-chinned Thistletail that you can see in Los Nevados National Natural Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Stout-billed Cinclodes (about 30%), Andean Tit-Spinetail (about 20%) and Azara's Spinetail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-chinned Thistletail is recorded against all the birds logged in Los Nevados National Natural Park (388 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.
