Henicorhina leucosticta
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The white-breasted wood wren (Henicorhina leucosticta) is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from central Mexico to northeastern Peru and Suriname. The adult white-breasted wood wren is 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long and weighs 16 grams (0.56 oz). It has chestnut brown upperparts with a darker crown, pale supercilia, and black-and-white streaked sides of the head and neck. The underparts are white becoming buff on the lower belly. The wings and very short tail are barred with black. Young birds have duller upperparts and grey underparts.
The call of this species is a sharp cheek or explosive tuck, and the song is cheer oweet oweet cheery weather; ornithologist and bioacoustics expert Luis Baptista of the California Academy of Sciences compared it to the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
As with some other wrens, pairs often sing in duets. H. leucosticta breeds in lowlands and foothills up to 1,850 metres (6,070 ft) above sea level in tropical wet forest and adjacent tall second growth. Its neat roofed nest is constructed on the ground or occasionally very low in undergrowth, and is concealed by dense... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-breasted Wood-Wren sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 118 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 290th most-seen of the 533 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.
March
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-breasted Wood-Wren in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-breasted Wood-Wren sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
29th of 42
Of the 42 parks where we can rate White-breasted Wood-Wren sightings, Yasuní National Park ranks 29th at under 5%. The best odds are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 60%), Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Troglodytidae
The closest relatives of the White-breasted Wood-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 White-breasted Wood-Wren is recorded against all the birds logged in Yasuní National Park (118 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.
