Wire-crested Thorntail

Closest Relatives at Cordillera Azul National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	10–20%
2	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	0–10%
3	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	0–10%
4	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Wire-crested Thorntail in Cordillera Azul National Park?

About 5% of visitor-days record a Wire-crested Thorntail sighting in Cordillera Azul National Park, based on 65 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Wire-crested Thorntail in Cordillera Azul National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Wire-crested Thorntail in Cordillera Azul National Park in our monthly data.