Chestnut-vented Conebill

Chestnut-vented Conebill

Conirostrum speciosum

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Rio de Janeiro

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

421 Verified sightings at Rio de Janeiro
2,266 In all 13 parks From 2019 to 2026
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Chestnut-vented Conebill

The chestnut-vented conebill (Conirostrum speciosum) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song1:00

Brazil · 2023

© Franciel da Silva Lima · XC1138042 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:12

Brazil · 2025

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1034730 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:04

Brazil · 2020

© Daniel Mello · XC587943 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~20%
2 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
3 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
4 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
6 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
7 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
8 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
9 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
10 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
11 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
12 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
13 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Goiânia 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
2 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
3 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Campinas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
6 Asuncion 🇵🇾 Paraguay
<5%
7 Vitória 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
8 Niterói 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
9 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
10 Santos 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Chestnut-vented Conebill in Rio de Janeiro?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-vented Conebill sighting in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, based on 421 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 60th most-seen of the 278 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Chestnut-vented Conebill in Rio de Janeiro?

January

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-vented Conebill in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, against about 10% in February to December, the lowest months. That is one of Rio de Janeiro's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain against 40 mm in August.

What time of day is best to see a Chestnut-vented Conebill?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-vented Conebill 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 Rio de Janeiro the best place to see a Chestnut-vented Conebill?

2nd of 10

Of the 10 cities where we can rate Chestnut-vented Conebill sightings, Rio de Janeiro ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Goiânia (Brazil, about 20%).

Where does the Chestnut-vented Conebill sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-vented Conebill is recorded against all the birds logged in Rio de Janeiro (421 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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