Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyVireonidae (Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis)
GenusCyclarhis (Peppershrikes)
SpeciesCyclarhis gujanensis (Rufous-browed Peppershrike)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Tikal National Park

2 Verified sightings at Tikal National Park From 2019 to 2026

12,877 Verified sightings across all 60 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Rufous-browed Peppershrike

The rufous-browed peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis) is a passerine bird in the vireo family. It is widespread and often common in woodland, forest edge, and cultivation with some tall trees from Mexico and Trinidad south to Argentina and Uruguay.

The rufous-browed peppershrike was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it in the genus Tanagra and coined the binomial name Tanagra gujanensis. The specific epithet is derived from the type locality, the Guianas. Gmelin based his account on "Le verderoux" from French Guiana that had been described in 1778 by the French polymath Comte de Buffon in his multivolume Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. The rufous-browed peppershrike is now placed with the black-billed peppershrike in the genus Cyclarhis that was introduced in 1824 by William Swainson.

Twenty two subspecies are recognised: C. g. septentrionalis Phillips, AR, 1991 – east Mexico C. g. flaviventris Lafresnaye, 1842 – southeast Mexico (except Yucatán Peninsula), Guatemala and north Honduras C. g. yucatanensis Ridgway, 1887 – Yucatán Peninsula (southeast... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

Hylophilus decurtatus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Vireo griseus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Vireo flavifrons

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Hylophilus ochraceiceps

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Vireo pallens

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Vireo olivaceus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Vireo flavoviridis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Vireo philadelphicus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Vireolanius pulchellus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Vireo solitarius

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Vireo gilvus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Psilorhinus morio

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

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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	Daily sighting probability
1	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~60%
2	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~50%
3	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~40%
4	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~40%
5	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~40%
6	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~30%
7	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
8	El Triunfo	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
9	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~30%
10	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~30%
11	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~30%
12	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~30%
13	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~20%
14	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~20%
15	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~20%
16	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~20%
17	El Palmar National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~20%
18	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
19	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~20%
20	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
21	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
22	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
23	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
24	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
25	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
26	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
27	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
28	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
29	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
30	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~10%
31	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
32	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
33	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
34	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
35	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
36	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
37	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
38	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
39	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
40	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
41	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
42	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
43	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
44	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
45	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
46	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
47	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
48	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
49	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
50	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
51	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
52	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
53	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
54	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
55	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
56	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	Insufficient data
57	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
58	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	Insufficient data
59	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
60	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data

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Rufous-browed Peppershrike

About the Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

Lesser Greenlet

White-eyed Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo

Tawny-crowned Greenlet

Mangrove Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Yellow-green Vireo

Philadelphia Vireo

Green Shrike-Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Brown Jay

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found