Pheugopedius coraya
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The coraya wren (Pheugopedius coraya) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae, the wrens. The coraya wren was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the thrushes in the genus Turdus and coined the binomial name Turdus coraya. Gmelin based his description on "Le Coraya" from Cayenne in French Guiana that had been described in 1778 by the French polymath the Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. A hand-coloured engraving by François-Nicolas Martinet was published to accompany Buffon's text. The word "coraya" as the specific epithet and in the common name is a homophone for the French queue rayée meaning "barred tail". The coraya wren is now one of twelve placed in the genus Pheugopedius that was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.
Ten subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Coraya Wren sighting in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 218th most-seen of the 418 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.
June and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Coraya Wren in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–September and November–May, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Coraya Wren sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Coraya Wren sightings, Sierra de la Macarena National Park ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%), Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 30%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Coraya Wren is recorded against all the birds logged in Sierra de la Macarena National Park (36 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.
