Pheugopedius rutilus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The rufous-breasted wren (Pheugopedius rutilus) is a small songbird of the family Troglodytidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. The rufous-breasted wren was formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus which in the old, broad sense was a motley assemblage of similar-looking wrens. Since being moved into genus Pheugopedius it has at times been treated as conspecific with speckle-breasted wren (P. sclateri) and spot-breasted wren (P. maculipectus). They do form a superspecies.
The rufous-breasted wren has seven subspecies: Adult rufous-breasted wrens of the nominate subspecies are 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weigh 13.5 to 18.5 g (0.48 to 0.65 oz). Their crowns and upperparts are warm brown; their tail is gray-brown with heavy dark brown bars. They have a white supercilium with a black edge above it. Their face and throat are speckled black and white. The chest is bright chestnut... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 5 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 13 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-breasted Wren sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, based on 1,124 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 24th most-seen of the 328 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.
February
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-breasted Wren in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, against about 20% in April, July–August and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Parque Natural Metropolitano's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 350 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-breasted Wren sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 14
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Rufous-breasted Wren sightings, Parque Natural Metropolitano ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 40%) and Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-breasted Wren is recorded against all the birds logged in Parque Natural Metropolitano (1,124 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.
