Chopí Blackbird

Chopí Blackbird

Gnorimopsar chopi

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Brasilia

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

173 Verified sightings at Brasilia
5,237 In all 12 parks From 2019 to 2026
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Chopí Blackbird

The chopi blackbird (Gnorimopsar chopi) is a species of passerine bird belonging to the family Icteridae, which contains the New World blackbirds, grackles, New World orioles and related species. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Gnorimopsar. This species is found in South America south of the Amazon rainforest.

The chopi blackbird was first formally described as Agelaius chopi in 1819 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot with its type locality given as "Paraguay to Buenos Aires", the type locality was descignated as Paraguay in 1962 by Cuello and Gerzenstein. The genus Gnorimopsar is placed in the subfamily Agelaiinae, the New World blackbirds, of the family Icteridae.

The chopi blackbird has two subspecies: G. chopi chopi (Vieillot, 1919) - south east Bolivia, central and south eastern Brazil to Uruguay and northeastern Argentina. G. chopi sulcirostris (Spix, 1824) - eastern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:34

Brazil · 2026

© Robson Silva e Silva · XC1151441 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:41

Uruguay · 2024

© Guillermo Menéndez (gmmv80) · XC930151 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:24

Brazil · 2018

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC443453 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~70%
2 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~70%
3 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
4 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
5 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
6 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
7 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~20%
8 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~20%
9 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
10 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
11 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
12 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 Bolivia
~50%
2 Brasilia 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
3 Campo Grande 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Salvador 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Asuncion 🇵🇾 Paraguay
~10%
6 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
7 Goiânia 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
8 Vitória 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
9 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
10 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Parque das Aves 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
2 Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens 🇨🇳 China In captivity
3 Edward Youde Aviary 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Chopí Blackbird in Brasilia?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chopí Blackbird sighting in Brasilia on a given day, based on 173 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 141 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 Chopí Blackbird in Brasilia?

September and October

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Chopí Blackbird in Brasilia on a given day, against under 5% in February to April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Chopí Blackbird?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chopí Blackbird 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 Brasilia the best place to see a Chopí Blackbird?

2nd of 11

Of the 11 cities where we can rate Chopí Blackbird sightings, Brasilia ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia, about 50%).

Which relatives of the Chopí Blackbird live in Brasilia?

Same family: Icteridae

The closest relatives of the Chopí Blackbird that you can see in Brasilia (family Icteridae, New World Blackbirds and Orioles) are Shiny Cowbird (about 40%) and Epaulet Oriole (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Chopí Blackbird sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Chopí Blackbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Brasilia (173 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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