Glyphorynchus spirurus
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The wedge-billed woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus) is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
The wedge-billed woodcreeper is the only member of its genus. It has these 13 subspecies that are sorted into three groups and a species by the Clements taxonomy: "spirurus" group "cuneatus" group The groups differ vocally; that and plumage and genetic differences among the subspecies suggest that the wedge-billed woodcreeper is actually more than one species.
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Wedge-billed Woodcreeper sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 424 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 151st 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 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September to November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wedge-billed Woodcreeper in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in December to August, the lowest months. Those are among Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve's wettest months, with about 380 mm of rain a month against 45 mm in March.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wedge-billed 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.
28th of 41
Of the 41 parks where we can rate Wedge-billed Woodcreeper sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 28th at under 5%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 40%), Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper 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 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (424 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.
