Thripadectes rufobrunneus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The streak-breasted treehunter (Thripadectes rufobrunneus) is a passerine bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. The streak-breasted treehunter was formally described in 1865 by the American amateur ornithologist George Newbold Lawrence from a specimen collected by Alexander von Frantzius near San José in Costa Rica. Lawrence coined the binomial name Philydor rufobrunneus. The specific epithet rufobrunneus is Modern Latin meaning "brown". The streak-breasted treehunter is now placed in the genus Thripadectes that was introduced in 1862 by Philip Sclater.
The streak-breasted treehunter is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. It and the black-billed treehunter (T. melanorhynchus) form a superspecies. The streak-breasted treehunter is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 48 to 54 g (1.7 to 1.9 oz). It is a large, dark furnariid with a thrush-like shape. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly dark brown face with dull rufescence on their ear coverts and a dark ochraceous malar area with dark flecks. Their crown is blackish with long olive streaks... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-breasted Treehunter sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 518 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 142nd most-seen of the 412 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 and May–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-breasted Treehunter in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streak-breasted Treehunter sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Streak-breasted Treehunter sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 20%).
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Streak-breasted Treehunter that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Olivaceous Woodcreeper (about 20%), Streak-headed Woodcreeper (about 20%) and Spotted Barbtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streak-breasted Treehunter is recorded against all the birds logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (518 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.
