Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
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The streak-headed woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii) is a passerine bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela, and on Trinidad.
The streak-headed woodcreeper's specific epithet commemorates Louis François Auguste Souleyet, French zoologist and naval surgeon. The streak-headed woodcreeper is 19 to 21 cm (7.5 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 23 to 31 g (0.81 to 1.1 oz). It is a slim, medium-sized woodcreeper with a longish, slender, decurved bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies L. s. souleyetii have a face with thin whitish buff and dark brown streaks; the sides of the neck are more heavily streaked. They have a whitish buff supercilium and eyering. Their crown... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 6 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 7 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-headed Woodcreeper sighting in Palo Verde National Park on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 134th most-seen of the 274 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.
May, September–October and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-headed Woodcreeper in Palo Verde National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–April, June–August and November, the lowest months. Those are among Palo Verde National Park's wettest months, with about 290 mm of rain a month against almost none in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streak-headed 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.
33rd of 45
Of the 45 parks where we can rate Streak-headed Woodcreeper sightings, Palo Verde National Park ranks 33rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Carara National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Machalilla National Park (Ecuador, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streak-headed Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Palo Verde National Park (64 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.
