Coryphospingus cucullatus
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The red pileated finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus), also known as the red-crested finch, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and possibly Guyana and Suriname.
The red pileated finch was first described in 1776 by the German zoologist Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller with the binomial Fringilla cucullata. In 1851 Jean Cabanis erected the genus Coryphospingus for cuculatus and what is now the grey pileated finch (C. pileatus). The old and new genera were in the finch family Fringillidae but several early twentieth century studies showed that Coryphospingus belonged in its present tanager family. The two pileated "finches" form a superspecies and hybridize where their ranges overlap. The genera Coryphospingus, Lanio, Eucometis, and Tachyphonus are closely related.
The red pileated finch has these three subspecies: It has a shortish... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 2 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zürich Zoo | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 2 | San Diego Zoo Safari Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Toledo Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Bloedel Conservatory | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-crested Finch sighting in Campo Grande on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 126th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June, August and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-crested Finch in Campo Grande on a given day, against under 5% in February–May, July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-crested Finch sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Red-crested Finch sightings, Campo Grande ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Asuncion (Paraguay, about 20%) and Cordoba (Argentina, about 10%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Red-crested Finch that you can see in Campo Grande (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Sayaca Tanager (about 80%), Saffron Finch (about 60%) and Bananaquit (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-crested Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Campo Grande (33 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.
