Glyphorynchus spirurus
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The wedge-billed woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus) is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
The wedge-billed woodcreeper is the only member of its genus. It has these 13 subspecies that are sorted into three groups and a species by the Clements taxonomy: "spirurus" group "cuneatus" group The groups differ vocally; that and plumage and genetic differences among the subspecies suggest that the wedge-billed woodcreeper is actually more than one species.
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Wedge-billed Woodcreeper sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 346 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 203rd 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.
April–July and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wedge-billed Woodcreeper in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and November–March, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wedge-billed Woodcreeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
24th of 41
Of the 41 parks where we can rate Wedge-billed Woodcreeper sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 24th at under 5%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 40%), Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper 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 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (346 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.
