Chopí Blackbird

Chopí Blackbird

Gnorimopsar chopi

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at São Paulo

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

355 Verified sightings at São Paulo
5,237 In all 12 parks From 2019 to 2026
August 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 São Paulo?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chopí Blackbird sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 355 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 127th most-seen of the 353 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.

When is the best time to see a Chopí Blackbird in São Paulo?

Any time of year

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

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 São Paulo the best place to see a Chopí Blackbird?

6th of 11

Of the 11 cities where we can rate Chopí Blackbird sightings, São Paulo ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia, about 50%), Brasilia (Brazil, about 20%) and Campo Grande (Brazil, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Chopí Blackbird live in São Paulo?

Same family: Icteridae

The closest relatives of the Chopí Blackbird that you can see in São Paulo (family Icteridae, New World Blackbirds and Orioles) are Shiny Cowbird (about 10%) and Chestnut-capped Blackbird (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 São Paulo (355 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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