Laterallus albigularis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
The white-throated crake (Laterallus albigularis) is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela.
The white-throated crake was for a time treated as a subspecies of the rufous-sided crake (L. melanophaius). The white-throated crake is 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long. Males weigh about 50 g (1.8 oz) and females 45 g (1.6 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a white throat and upper breast and a rufous face, sides of the neck, and lower breast. Their crown, nape, and upperparts are olive brown. Their belly, vent, and undertail coverts are barred black and white.
The nominate subspecies of white-throated crake is found along the Pacific side of southwestern Costa Rica and Panama and through northern and western Colombia... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Crake sighting in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, based on 453 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 85th most-seen of the 348 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, June and September–October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Crake in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March–May, July–August and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-throated Crake 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 23
Of the 23 parks where we can rate White-throated Crake sightings, Tortuguero National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 20%), Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (Panama, about 20%) and La Amistad International Park (Panama) (Panama, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-throated Crake is recorded against all the birds logged in Tortuguero National Park (453 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.
