Synallaxis albescens
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The pale-breasted spinetail (Synallaxis albescens) is a passerine bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
The pale-breasted spinetail's taxonomy is in flux. The IOC includes hypoleuca within latitabunda and griseonota within inaequalis. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World does not recognize the two Clements entries nor trinitatis.
What is now the dark-breasted spinetail (S. albigularis) was previously treated by some authors as conspecific with... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 7 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 11 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 12 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 15 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 16 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 18 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 4 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 5 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 9 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-breasted Spinetail sighting in Serra da Canastra National Park on a given day, based on 88 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 101st most-seen of the 294 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, October and December–January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-breasted Spinetail in Serra da Canastra National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, the lowest month. Those are among Serra da Canastra National Park's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain a month against almost none in July.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-breasted Spinetail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 19
Of the 19 parks where we can rate Pale-breasted Spinetail sightings, Serra da Canastra National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Emas National Park (Brazil, about 40%) and Chapada Diamantina National Park (Brazil, about 20%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Synallaxis
The closest relatives of the Pale-breasted Spinetail that you can see in Serra da Canastra National Park (genus Synallaxis, Synallaxis Spinetails) are Spix's Spinetail (about 30%) and Sooty-fronted Spinetail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-breasted Spinetail is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra da Canastra National Park (88 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.
