Yellow-billed Cardinal

Yellow-billed Cardinal

Paroaria capitata

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Asuncion

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

237 Verified sightings at Asuncion
2,401 In all 7 parks From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Yellow-billed Cardinal

The yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata) is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It is not very closely related to the cardinals proper (Cardinalidae). It occurs in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, and northern Argentina and has been introduced on the island of Hawaiʻi. It breeds in moist shrubland. The yellow-billed cardinal could be easily confused with the red-crested cardinal. The yellow-billed cardinal does not have a crest.

Media related to Paroaria capitata at Wikimedia Commons Yellow-billed cardinal videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection Stamps (for Brazil, Paraguay) with range map Yellow-billed cardinal photo gallery VIREO Photo Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:24

Argentina · 2024

© Luciano Buck · XC973327 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:30

Uruguay · 2023

© Pedro Rinaldi · XC838743 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Flight call0:06

Brazil · 2020

© Luiz C. Silva · XC594645 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~70%
2 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~60%
3 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~20%
4 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
5 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
6 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
7 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Rosario 🇦🇷 Argentina
~40%
2 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
3 Asuncion 🇵🇾 Paraguay
~10%
4 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Warsaw Zoo 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
2 Reid Park Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
3 herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
4 akwarium warszawskiego ZOO 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-billed Cardinal in Asuncion?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Cardinal sighting in Asuncion on a given day, based on 237 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 61st most-seen of the 224 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-billed Cardinal in Asuncion?

February and May–July

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Cardinal in Asuncion on a given day, against about 10% in March–April and August–January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Yellow-billed Cardinal?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-billed Cardinal sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Asuncion the best place to see a Yellow-billed Cardinal?

3rd of 4

Of the 4 cities where we can rate Yellow-billed Cardinal sightings, Asuncion ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Rosario (Argentina, about 40%) and Buenos Aires (Argentina, about 10%).

Where does the Yellow-billed Cardinal sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-billed Cardinal is recorded against all the birds logged in Asuncion (237 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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