Drymophila malura
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The dusky-tailed antbird (Drymophila malura) is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The dusky-tailed antbird was described by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1825 and given the binomial name Myiothera malura. The specific epithet malura is from the Ancient Greek malos "soft" or "weak". It is now placed in the genus Drymophila which was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1824.
The dusky-tailed antbird is monotypic. The dusky-tailed antbird is 13 to 14.5 cm (5.1 to 5.7 in) long and weighs 11 to 13 g (0.39 to 0.46 oz). Adult males' head and neck are streaked with black and whitish gray. Their upperparts are gray with a white patch between the scapulars; the white feathers have black tips. Their flight feathers are brownish and their wing coverts blackish with white tips. Their tail is brownish gray. Their throat and breast are streaked black and white and their flanks and crissum are olive-brown. Females' crown, nape, and sides of the neck have heavy dark brown and buff to olive-brown streaks... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky-tailed Antbird sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 254th most-seen of the 336 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.
October to December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky-tailed Antbird in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to September, the lowest months. Those are among Serra dos Órgãos National Park's wettest months, with about 260 mm of rain a month against 50 mm in July.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky-tailed Antbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Dusky-tailed Antbird sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, under 5%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky-tailed Antbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (17 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.
