What Animal Lives Where

Where has the White-breasted Wood-Wren been recorded?

Henicorhina leucosticta occurrence evidence comes from 1,764 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1885 to 2026. Most records come from Colombia.

White-breasted Wood-Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren — Photo (display-sized rendition): Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesTroglodytidaeHenicorhina

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,764 records across 14 countries and territories, 1885–2026.

Henicorhina leucosticta · GBIF taxon key 2493958

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: January.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18852026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where White-breasted Wood-Wren has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for White-breasted Wood-Wren. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Colombia 1,062
Mexico 298
Honduras 72
Ecuador 71
Costa Rica 65
Panama 50
Peru 39
Guyana 25
Nicaragua 21
Guatemala 19
Venezuela 17
Suriname 11
Brazil 8
Belize 6

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.