Deconychura typica
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The piping long-tailed woodcreeper (Deconychura typica), also known as the little long-tailed woodcreeper, is a species of bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found from Costa Rica south to northern Colombia.
The piping long-tailed woodcreeper was formerly considered to be conspecific with what are now the whistling long-tailed woodcreeper (keeping D. longicauda) and the mournful long-tailed woodcreeper (D. pallida). BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) has treated them separately since the 2010s, and the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) followed suit in July 2023. However, the North American and South American Classification Committees of the American Ornithological Society and the Clements taxonomy treat the long-tailed woodcreeper as one species. The AOS notes that it probably consists of at least two and possibly three species.
The IOC and HBW recognize these three subspecies; Clements groups them as "long-tailed woodcreeper (little)": Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, based on 49 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 235th most-seen of the 344 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.
April and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and July–March, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Piping Long-tailed 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.
2nd of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper sightings, Piedras Blancas National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper that you can see in Piedras Blancas National Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Cocoa Woodcreeper (about 40%), Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (about 30%) and Streak-headed Woodcreeper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Piedras Blancas National Park (49 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.
