Cantorchilus leucotis
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The buff-breasted wren (Cantorchilus leucotis) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in the Amazon Basin of northern Brazil and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern-border Bolivia, and also the Guianan countries of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. It occurs in non-Amazonian regions of Venezuela and Colombia and its range extends into eastern Panama.
As the buff-breasted wren is understood in 2021, it has 11 subspecies. However, there are suggestions that some of them might not be valid, that some might be separate species, and on a larger scale, that the taxonomy of the entire genus Cantorchilus has not been completely resolved.
Male buff-breasted wrens weigh 18.5 to 22.8 g (0.65 to 0.80 oz) and females are lighter at 16.0 to 19.5 g (0.56 to 0.69 oz), but the sexes are otherwise similar. There is considerable variation in plumage across the species' wide range. Adults' head, nape, shoulders, tail, and back are rufescent to grayish brown; the tail is heavily barred. The throat, supercilium, and the rest of the face range from whitish through gray to gray-brown. The chest is buffy and the belly more... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 11 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 13 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 15 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 16 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 6 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-breasted Wren sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 398th most-seen of the 533 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-breasted Wren in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to July, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buff-breasted 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.
16th of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Buff-breasted Wren sightings, Yasuní National Park ranks 16th at under 5%. The best odds are in Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 50%), Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 20%) and Anavilhanas National Park (Brazil, about 20%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Troglodytidae
The closest relatives of the Buff-breasted Wren that you can see in Yasuní National Park (family Troglodytidae, Wrens) are Thrush-like Wren (about 30%), Southern House Wren (about 20%) and Coraya Wren (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Buff-breasted Wren is recorded against all the birds logged in Yasuní National Park (44 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.
