Hylopezus perspicillatus
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The streak-chested antpitta or spectacled antpitta (Hylopezus perspicillatus) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The streak-chested antpitta was originally described in 1861 as Grallaria perspicillata. It and several other Grallaria species were moved to genus Hylopezus as a result of a study published in 1969. It bore the English name "spectacled antpitta" until late in the twentieth century.
The streak-chested antpitta has these five subspecies: The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies H. p. perspicillatus have a yellow loral patch and a wide yellow ring around their eye. Their ear coverts are yellow with a black line below them. Their crown and nape are gray, Their upperparts are brown with gray bases to the feathers and some yellowish... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-chested Antpitta sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, based on 46 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 244th most-seen of the 344 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-chested Antpitta in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to May, the lowest months. Those are among Piedras Blancas National Park's wettest months, with about 450 mm of rain a month against 55 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streak-chested Antpitta sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Streak-chested Antpitta sightings, Piedras Blancas National Park ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Carara National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%), Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 20%) and Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Streak-chested Antpitta that you can see in Piedras Blancas National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Scarlet-rumped Tanager (about 80%), Variable Seedeater (about 60%) and Tropical Kingbird (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streak-chested Antpitta is recorded against all the birds logged in Piedras Blancas National Park (46 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.
