Drymophila ferruginea
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The ferruginous antbird (Drymophila ferruginea) is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to Brazil. The ferruginous antbird was described by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1822 and given the binomial name Myiothera ferruginea. It is now placed in genus Drymophila which was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1824.
The specific epithet is from the Latin ferrugineus, "rusty-colored". The ferruginous antbird has no subspecies, but what is now Bertoni's antbird (Drymophila rubricollis) was previously treated as a subspecies of it. The ferruginous antbird is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 9.5 to 11.5 g (0.34 to 0.41 oz). Adult males have a black crown, a white supercilium, a wide black band through the eye, and white cheeks with black speckles. Their upperparts are mostly reddish yellow-brown with a (usually hidden) white patch between the scapulars and a rufous rump. Their wings are brownish black with buffish edges on the flight feathers and wide white tips on the coverts. Their tail is black with wide white tips... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Ferruginous Antbird sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 264th 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.
January and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ferruginous Antbird in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–July and September–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ferruginous Antbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Ferruginous Antbird sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ferruginous Antbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (14 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.
