Deconychura typica
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The piping long-tailed woodcreeper (Deconychura typica), also known as the little long-tailed woodcreeper, is a species of bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found from Costa Rica south to northern Colombia.
The piping long-tailed woodcreeper was formerly considered to be conspecific with what are now the whistling long-tailed woodcreeper (keeping D. longicauda) and the mournful long-tailed woodcreeper (D. pallida). BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) has treated them separately since the 2010s, and the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) followed suit in July 2023. However, the North American and South American Classification Committees of the American Ornithological Society and the Clements taxonomy treat the long-tailed woodcreeper as one species. The AOS notes that it probably consists of at least two and possibly three species.
The IOC and HBW recognize these three subspecies; Clements groups them as "long-tailed woodcreeper (little)": Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper sighting in Marino Ballena National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 243rd most-seen of the 303 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper in Marino Ballena National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Piping Long-tailed 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 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper sightings, Marino Ballena National Park ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%), Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, under 5%) and Carara National Park (Costa Rica, under 5%).
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper that you can see in Marino Ballena National Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Cocoa Woodcreeper (about 30%) and Streak-headed Woodcreeper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Marino Ballena National Park (12 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.
