Agelaioides badius
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In 3 days >90%
The greyish baywing (Agelaioides badius) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and there are unconfirmed reports from Chile.
The greyish baywing was formally described in 1819 with the binomial Agelaius badius. It was later placed in genus Molothrus and spent most of the twentieth century there with the English name "bay-winged cowbird". After it was reassigned to its present genus Agelaioides many authors called it simply "baywing" because it had significant behavioral differences from the Molothrus cowbirds. At this time it included three subspecies. In the mid-2010s one of them, A. b. fringillarius, was recognized as a full species and named the pale baywing. The reduced A. badius, which includes the second subspecies A. b. bolivianus, was renamed the greyish baywing.
The greyish baywing is 19 cm (7 in) long. Males weigh an average of about 46 g (1.6 oz) and females average about 42 g (1.5 oz). Both sexes of both subspecies have the same plumage though A. b. bolivianus is larger than the nominate... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Mendoza | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 8 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 10 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Grayish Baywing sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 11,573 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 12th most-seen of the 274 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to July
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Grayish Baywing in Buenos Aires on a given day, against about 60% in August and September, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grayish Baywing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Grayish Baywing sightings, Buenos Aires has the highest daily chance: about 70%. Next come Cochabamba (Bolivia, about 70%) and Cordoba (Argentina, about 50%).
Same family: Icteridae
The closest relatives of the Grayish Baywing that you can see in Buenos Aires (family Icteridae, New World Blackbirds and Orioles) are Shiny Cowbird (about 50%), Epaulet Oriole (about 30%) and Screaming Cowbird (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grayish Baywing is recorded against all the birds logged in Buenos Aires (11,573 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.
