Sturnella militaris
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The red-breasted meadowlark (Leistes militaris) is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It was formerly named red-breasted blackbird but is not closely related to the red-winged blackbird group. The red-breasted meadowlark was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with the buntings in the genus Emberiza and coined the binomial name Emberiza militaris. Linnaeus cited his own catalogue of the cabinet of curiosities belonging to the king of Sweden, Adolf Frederick, as well as the description and illustration of the "Greater Bull-Finch" by the English naturalist George Edwards's that had been published in 1747. Neither Edwards nor Linnaeus knew the origin of their specimens but in 1902 the German ornithologists Hans von Berlepsch and Ernst Hartert designated type locality as Suriname. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
The red-breasted meadowlark is a small icterid, 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weighing 40–48 g (1.4–1.7 oz). Males are larger than females. The male has mainly black plumage, apart from a bright red throat, belly and wing... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 8 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 16 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 17 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 18 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 20 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 4 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aviario Nacional de Colombia | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-breasted Blackbird sighting in Rincón de la Vieja National Park on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 191st most-seen of the 341 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.
December and January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-breasted Blackbird in Rincón de la Vieja National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February to November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-breasted Blackbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 20
Of the 20 parks where we can rate Red-breasted Blackbird sightings, Rincón de la Vieja National Park ranks 8th at under 5%. The best odds are in San Lorenzo Protected Forest (Panama, about 30%), Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Sierra de la Macarena National Park (Colombia, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-breasted Blackbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (36 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.
