Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Glyphorynchus spirurus

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyFurnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers)
GenusGlyphorynchus
SpeciesGlyphorynchus spirurus (Wedge-billed Woodcreeper)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Utría National Natural Park

4 Verified sightings at Utría National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026

14,986 Verified sightings across all 49 parks From 2019 to 2026

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

About the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

The wedge-billed woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus) is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

The wedge-billed woodcreeper is the only member of its genus. It has these 13 subspecies that are sorted into three groups and a species by the Clements taxonomy: "pectoralis" group G. s. pectoralis Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1860

G. s. subrufescens Todd, 1948 G. s. pallidulus Wetmore, 1970 G. s. integratus Zimmer, JT, 1946 "spirurus" group G. s. rufigularis Zimmer, JT, 1934 G. s. amacurensis Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1952 G. s. spirurus (Vieillot, 1819)

G. s. coronobscurus Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1955 G. s. castelnaudii des Murs, 1856 "albigularis" G. s. albigularis Chapman, 1923 "cuneatus" group G. s. inornatus Zimmer, JT, 1934 G. s. paraensis Pinto, 1974 G. s. cuneatus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1820)

The groups differ vocally; that and plumage and genetic differences among the subspecies suggest that the wedge-billed woodcreeper is actually more than one species. The... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Utría National Natural Park

Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Dendrocincla fuliginosa

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Synallaxis brachyura

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Sclerurus guatemalensis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Xiphorhynchus susurrans

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Xiphorhynchus erythropygius

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Quiscalus mexicanus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Myrmeciza exsul

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Thamnophilus atrinucha

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Ramphocelus flammigerus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Cacicus uropygialis

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Carpodectes hopkei

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	~40%
2	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
3	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
4	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
5	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
6	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
7	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
8	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~20%
9	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~20%
10	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~20%
11	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
12	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
13	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
14	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
15	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
16	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
17	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	~10%
18	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
19	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
20	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
21	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
22	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
23	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	<5%
24	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
25	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
26	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
27	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
28	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
29	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
30	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
31	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
32	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
33	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
34	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
35	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
36	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
37	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
38	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
39	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
40	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
41	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
42	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
43	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
44	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
45	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
46	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	Insufficient data
47	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
48	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
49	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

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Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

About the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Recent sightings of Wedge-billed Woodcreeper in Utría National Natural Park

Closest Relatives at Utría National Natural Park

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Plain-brown Woodcreeper

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Scaly-throated Leaftosser

Cocoa Woodcreeper

Spotted Woodcreeper

Great-tailed Grackle

Chestnut-backed Antbird

Western Slaty-Antshrike

Flame-rumped Tanager

Scarlet-rumped Cacique

Black-tipped Cotinga

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found