Grallaria watkinsi
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Watkins's antpitta (Grallaria watkinsi) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Watkins's antpitta was originally described as a species. It was later regarded as a subspecies of the chestnut-crowned antpitta (G. ruficapilla) but on the basis of a 1995 publication it was returned to full species status.
The species' English name and specific epithet commemorate the English collector Henry George Watkins, who collected the first specimens in Peru. The two form a superspecies. Watkins's antpitta is monotypic. Grallaria antpittas are a "wonderful group of plump and round antbirds whose feathers are often fluffed up...they have stout bills [and] very short tails". Watkins's antpitta is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs 58 to 84 g (2.0 to 3.0 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a pale rufous crown and nape, with thin whitish streaks on both and black spots on the forecrown. They have white lores, a white ring around the eye, pale olive upper ear coverts, and white lower ear coverts with thin olive streaks. Their back and tail are pale olive with some white streaks on... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Watkins's Antpitta sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 167th most-seen of the 248 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Watkins's Antpitta in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March and May–November, the lowest months. Those are among Machalilla National Park's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in September.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Watkins's Antpitta sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 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 Watkins's Antpitta sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Watkins's Antpitta that you can see in Machalilla National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Southern House Wren (about 60%), Long-tailed Mockingbird (about 50%) and Scrub Blackbird (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Watkins's Antpitta is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (17 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.
