Bay Wren
Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTroglodytidae (Wrens)
- GenusCantorchilus (Cantorchilus Wrens)
- SpeciesCantorchilus nigricapillus (Bay Wren)
Closest Relatives at Soberanía National Park
Buff-breasted Wren
Cantorchilus leucotis
Cabanis's Wren
Cantorchilus modestus
Southern House Wren
Troglodytes musculus
Song Wren
Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
Black-bellied Wren
Pheugopedius fasciatoventris
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Henicorhina leucosticta
Rufous-breasted Wren
Pheugopedius rutilus
Rufous-and-white Wren
Thryophilus rufalbus
White-headed Wren
Campylorhynchus albobrunneus
Scaly-breasted Wren
Microcerculus marginatus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus susurrans
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 16 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 17 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 18 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 19 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 20 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Bay Wren in Soberanía National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Bay Wren sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 160 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bay Wren in Soberanía National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Bay Wren in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.