Thamnophilus atrinucha
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The black-crowned antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in every Central American country except El Salvador and in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
What is now the black-crowned antshrike was long included as a subspecies of Thamnophilus punctatus, which at that time was called the slaty antshrike. Following the results of a study published in 1997, the slaty antshrike was split into six species. The remnant T. punctatus was named the northern slaty antshrike and the new T. atrinucha was named the western slaty antshrike. By 2012 taxonomists determined that T. atrinucha was not closely related to other slaty antshrikes so its English name was changed to black-crowned antshrike and its position within a linear presentation of genus Thamnophilus was adjusted. The black-crowned and black-hooded antshrike (T. bridgesi) are sister species.
The black-crowned antshrike is 14 to 15 cm... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Western Slaty-Antshrike sighting in Utría National Natural Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 154 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.
February and March
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Western Slaty-Antshrike in Utría National Natural Park on a given day, against about 20% in November, the lowest month. Those are among Utría National Natural Park's driest months, with about 320 mm of rain a month against 710 mm in October. April, June and December have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Slaty-Antshrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 22
Of the 22 parks where we can rate Western Slaty-Antshrike sightings, Utría National Natural Park ranks 5th at about 40%. The best odds are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 50%), Darién National Park (Panama, about 50%) and Cahuita National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Thamnophilidae
The closest relatives of the Western Slaty-Antshrike that you can see in Utría National Natural Park (family Thamnophilidae, Typical Antbirds) are Chestnut-backed Antbird (about 50%), Pacific Antwren (about 30%) and Dusky Antbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Slaty-Antshrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Utría National Natural Park (40 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.
