Sclateria naevia
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The silvered antbird (Sclateria naevia) is a passerine bird in the subfamily Thamnophilinae of the family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds." It is found in Trinidad and every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
The silvered antbird 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 nuthatches in the genus Sitta and coined the binomial name Sitta naevia. Gmelin based his description of the "wall-creeper of Surinam," described and illustrated in 1764 by the English naturalist George Edwards in his Gleanings of Natural History. Edwards' specimen was preserved in spirits. It had been presented to the physician John Fothergill. The silvered antbird is now the only species in the genus Sclateria, introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser. The genus name was chosen to honor the ornithologist Philip Sclater. The specific epithet is from the Latin naevius, meaning "spotted."
The silvered antbird has these four subspecies: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Silvered Antbird sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 206 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 288th most-seen of the 641 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, May–June and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Silvered Antbird in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, July–August and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Silvered Antbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Silvered Antbird sightings, Manu National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 20%), Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%) and Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 10%).
Same family: Thamnophilidae
The closest relatives of the Silvered Antbird that you can see in Manu National Park (family Thamnophilidae, Typical Antbirds) are Plain-winged Antshrike (about 20%), White-browed Antbird (about 20%) and White-lined Antbird (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Silvered Antbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (206 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.
