Xiphorhynchus picus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The straight-billed woodcreeper (Dendroplex picus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Panama, Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The straight-billed woodcreeper was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the orioles in the genus Oriolus and coined the binomial name Oriolus picus. The specific epithet picus is the Latin word for a woodpecker. Gmelin based his description on "Le pic-grimpereaux" from Cayenne that had been described and illustrated in 1780 by the French polymath, the Comte de Buffon. The straight-billed woodcreeper was later moved to genus Dendroplex that was introduced in 1827 by William Swainson. In the 1950s genus Dendroplex was merged into genus Xyphorhynchus but in the early 2000s it was resurrected for this species and Zimmer's woodcreeper (D. kienerii).
Thirteen subspecies of the straight-billed woodcreeper are recognized.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Madidi National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 8 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 11 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 12 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 13 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 15 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 16 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Straight-billed Woodcreeper sighting in Madidi National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 188th most-seen of the 239 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Straight-billed Woodcreeper in Madidi National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–June, August–September and November, the lowest months. March and December have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Straight-billed Woodcreeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Straight-billed Woodcreeper sightings, Madidi National Park ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Caroni Swamp (Trinidad and Tobago, about 50%), Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 20%) and Anavilhanas National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same genus: Xiphorhynchus
The closest relatives of the Straight-billed Woodcreeper that you can see in Madidi National Park (genus Xiphorhynchus, Xiphorhynchus Woodcreepers) are Buff-throated Woodcreeper (about 30%) and Elegant Woodcreeper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Straight-billed Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Madidi National Park (8 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.
