Calamanthus campestris
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The rufous fieldwren (Calamanthus campestris) also known as the desert wren or sandplain wren is a species of insectivorous bird in the family Acanthizidae, endemic to Australia. The rufous fieldwren is one of 63 species of the Australasian warbler family Acanthizidae, which includes gerygones, scrubwrens and thornbills.
There is both historical and contemporary contention to Calamanthus campestris montanellus' split from a subspecies of the rufous fieldwren to a taxonomically recognised species: the Western Fieldwren. The 1926 Royal Australasian Ornithological Union Checklist recognised four individual fieldwren species; the striated fieldwren (fuliginosus), the rufous fieldwren(campestris), the rusty fieldwren(isabellinus... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Cape Range | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous Fieldwren sighting in Ningaloo Marine Park on a given day, based on 164 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 102 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous Fieldwren in Ningaloo Marine Park on a given day, against about 20% in February and October, the lowest months. Those are among Ningaloo Marine Park's wettest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against almost none in October.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous Fieldwren sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Rufous Fieldwren sightings, Ningaloo Marine Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Cape Range (Australia, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous Fieldwren is recorded against all the birds logged in Ningaloo Marine Park (164 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.
