Xiphorhynchus guttatus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The buff-throated woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus guttatus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
What is now the cocoa woodcreeper (X. susurrans) of Central America and northwestern South America was long considered conspecific with the buff-throated woodcreeper, but since the 1990s has been treated as a distinct species. The two form a superspecies.
The buff-throated woodcreeper's remaining taxonomy is unsettled. The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society, the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), and the Clements taxonomy assign it these eight subspecies. Clements subdivides them into three groups.
"Buff-throated" group "Dusky-billed" group, also called the "eytoni" group Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 10 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-throated Woodcreeper sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 1,138 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 641 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-throated Woodcreeper in Manu National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February and June, the lowest months. That is one of Manu National Park's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 290 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buff-throated Woodcreeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Buff-throated Woodcreeper sightings, Manu National Park ranks 5th at about 30%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 40%), Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 40%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 30%).
Same genus: Xiphorhynchus
The closest relatives of the Buff-throated Woodcreeper that you can see in Manu National Park (genus Xiphorhynchus, Xiphorhynchus Woodcreepers) are Straight-billed Woodcreeper (about 10%) 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 Buff-throated Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (1,138 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.
