Thripadectes rufobrunneus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The streak-breasted treehunter (Thripadectes rufobrunneus) is a passerine bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. The streak-breasted treehunter was formally described in 1865 by the American amateur ornithologist George Newbold Lawrence from a specimen collected by Alexander von Frantzius near San José in Costa Rica. Lawrence coined the binomial name Philydor rufobrunneus. The specific epithet rufobrunneus is Modern Latin meaning "brown". The streak-breasted treehunter is now placed in the genus Thripadectes that was introduced in 1862 by Philip Sclater.
The streak-breasted treehunter is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. It and the black-billed treehunter (T. melanorhynchus) form a superspecies. The streak-breasted treehunter is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 48 to 54 g (1.7 to 1.9 oz). It is a large, dark furnariid with a thrush-like shape. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly dark brown face with dull rufescence on their ear coverts and a dark ochraceous malar area with dark flecks. Their crown is blackish with long olive streaks... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-breasted Treehunter sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 256 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 253rd most-seen of the 467 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-breasted Treehunter in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streak-breasted Treehunter sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Streak-breasted Treehunter sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 20%), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, under 5%) and Los Quetzales National Park (Costa Rica, under 5%).
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Streak-breasted Treehunter that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Ruddy Treerunner (about 20%), Spot-crowned Woodcreeper (about 20%) and Spotted Woodcreeper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streak-breasted Treehunter is recorded against all the birds logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (256 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.
