Dysithamnus mentalis
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The plain antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis) is a passerine bird species in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Mexico, every Central American country except El Salvador, on both Trinidad and Tobago, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, French Guiana, Suriname, and Uruguay.
The plain antvireo was described by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1823 and given the binomial name Myothera mentalis. It is now placed in the genus Dysithamnus which was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847.
The plain antvireo has these 18 subspecies: The plain antvireo is 10 to 13 cm (3.9 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 12 to 16 g (0.42 to 0.56 oz). It is a rather chunky bird with a large head and short tail. Adult males of the nominate subspecies D. m. mentalis have a dark gray forehead and crown and blackish ear coverts. Their upperparts are grayish olive with a hidden white patch between the scapulars. Their wings are dark grayish olive with olive edges on the flight feathers, white tips on the grayish olive greater coverts, blackish median coverts with white... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 4 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Antvireo sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 273 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 53rd most-seen of the 336 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Antvireo in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against about 30% in March–April and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plain Antvireo sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 30 parks where we can rate Plain Antvireo sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Amboró National Park (Bolivia, about 40%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Dysithamnus
The closest relatives of the Plain Antvireo that you can see in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (genus Dysithamnus, Antvireos) are Spot-breasted Antvireo (about 40%) and Rufous-backed Antvireo (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plain Antvireo is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (273 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.
