Pheugopedius euophrys
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The plain-tailed wren (Pheugopedius euophrys) is a species of songbird in the family Troglodytidae. It has a mostly rufous body with a gray, black, and white striped head. It is found in the Andes of southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Plain-tailed wrens are so-called bamboo specialists and live almost exclusively in chusquea bamboo thickets. Like other wrens, its diet consists mainly of insects with some seeds and berries.
The plain-tailed wren belongs to the order Passeriformes and the family Troglodytidae. The grey-browed wren was formerly considered as a subspecies but is now treated as a separate species based on the distinctive vocalizations and some morphological differences.
The plain-tailed wren has an unflattened wing of 64–71 mm and weighs from 20 to 36 g. The back, wings, and tail are rufous, with an olive cast on the... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Plain-tailed Wren sighting in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, based on 482 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 446 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, April, August and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Plain-tailed Wren in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, against about 10% in June, the lowest month.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plain-tailed Wren sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Podocarpus National Park, in our data
Podocarpus National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Plain-tailed Wren sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plain-tailed Wren is recorded against all the birds logged in Podocarpus National Park (482 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.
