Thamnophilus bernardi
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The collared antshrike (Thamnophilus bernardi) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The collared antshrike was described by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1844 and given the binomial name Thamnophilus bernardi (the genus was misspelled as Tamnophilus) with the type locality of Guayaquil in Ecuador. The specific epithet honors Captain Bernard, a French mariner and collector from Bordeaux. The collared antshrike was subsequently placed in the genus Sakesphorus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2007 found that Sakesphorus was polyphyletic and that three species including the collared antshrike were embedded within a clade containing members of Thamnophilus. The collared antshrike was therefore moved back to its original genus.
The collared antshrike's further taxonomy is unsettled. Carriker... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Antshrike sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 283 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 248 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and December
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Antshrike in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against about 20% in March, June–August and October–November, the lowest months. Those are among Machalilla National Park's wettest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in September.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Collared Antshrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Machalilla National Park, in our data
Machalilla National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Collared Antshrike sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Collared Antshrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (283 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.
