Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The white-striped woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes leucogaster) is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Mexico. The white-striped woodcreeper is 21.5 to 23.5 cm (8.5 to 9.3 in) long and weighs 30 to 40 g (1.1 to 1.4 oz). It is a slim, medium-sized woodcreeper with a long, slender, decurved bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a mostly pale face that often has dusky streaks or smudges. They have white to buff-white ear coverts, supercilium, and eyering with a blackish or dusky stripe behind the eye. Their crown, nape, and sides of the neck are blackish to dark brown. Their forehead has buffy to whitish buff spots that become streaks on the crown and nape and usually extend onto the back. Their back and wing coverts are olive-brown or tawny. Their flight feathers, rump, and tail are cinnamon-rufous to rufous-chestnut. Their flight feathers have brownish bases and their primaries have dusky tips. Their... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-striped Woodcreeper sighting in Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 59th most-seen of the 103 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-striped Woodcreeper in Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca on a given day, against under 5% in January and May, the lowest months. Those are among Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 270 mm in July. April and June–September have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-striped 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.
Only Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca, in our data
Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-striped Woodcreeper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the White-striped Woodcreeper that you can see in Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Yellow-eyed Junco (about 80%), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (about 70%) and Red Warbler (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-striped Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca (24 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.
