Unicoloured Blackbird

Unicoloured Blackbird

Agelasticus cyanopus

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Buenos Aires

In 3 days <5%

86 Verified sightings at Buenos Aires
1,520 In all 5 parks From 2019 to 2026
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Unicoloured Blackbird

The unicolored blackbird (Agelasticus cyanopus) 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, Uruguay, and as a vagrant in Peru.

The unicolored blackbird was formally described in 1819 with the binomial Agelaius cyanopus. The species was later assigned to genus Chrysomus. By the 1990s Agelaius and Chrysomus were beginning to be recognized as polyphyletic, and early in the twenty-first century Agelasticus, which had been erected in 1851, was resurrected for the unicolored blackbird and two other species.

The unicolored blackbird's further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World recognize these four subspecies: The females have notably different plumage and some authors have suggested... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:34

Brazil · 2026

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1163677 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:13

Argentina · 2026

© Marcos E. Sosa · XC1133736 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:26

Argentina

© Bernabe Lopez-Lanus · XC48023 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~50%
2 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
3 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
4 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
5 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Asuncion 🇵🇾 Paraguay
~10%
2 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
3 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Unicoloured Blackbird in Buenos Aires?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Unicoloured Blackbird sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 86 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 200th most-seen of the 274 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Unicoloured Blackbird in Buenos Aires?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Unicoloured Blackbird in Buenos Aires on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

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

Between 8 and 11 am

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

3rd of 3

Of the 3 cities where we can rate Unicoloured Blackbird sightings, Buenos Aires ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Asuncion (Paraguay, about 10%) and São Paulo (Brazil, under 5%).

Where does the Unicoloured Blackbird sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Unicoloured Blackbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Buenos Aires (86 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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