Syndactyla rufosuperciliata
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
The buff-browed foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla rufosuperciliata) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
The buff-browed foliage-gleaner's taxonomy is unsettled. This article follows the four-subspecies model. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 80 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 147th most-seen of the 336 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, the lowest month. That is one of Serra dos Órgãos National Park's wettest months, with about 260 mm of rain against 50 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner 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 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in El Palmar National Park (Argentina, about 20%) and Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner that you can see in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Olivaceous Woodcreeper (about 60%), Lesser Woodcreeper (about 50%) and White-throated Woodcreeper (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (80 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.
