Rhinocrypta lanceolata
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~80%
The crested gallito (Rhinocrypta lanceolata) is a species of suboscine passerine bird in the tapaculo family Rhinocryptidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Rhinocrypta. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
The crested gallito is the only species in its genus. The crested gallito is genetically most closely related to the sandy gallito (Teledromas fuscus). The crested gallito is 21 cm (8.3 in) long. The male weighs 59 to 63.5 g (2.08 to 2.24 oz) and the female 51.5 to 64 g (1.82 to 2.26 oz). It is an unusual tapaculo, having long crown feathers that it often erects as a crest and even bends forward. It also has a long tail that it cocks upward. The nominate subspecies' head is cinnamon with white streaks, its upper parts including wings and tail olive gray. The throat and chest are pale gray, the sides of the breast chestnut, and the lower belly olive gray. R. l. saturata is similar but all of the colors are darker.
The nominate subspecies of crested gallito ranges from northern... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Crested Gallito sighting in El Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 48 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 92nd most-seen of the 219 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Crested Gallito in El Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January–February, April, July and October, the lowest months. That is one of El Impenetrable National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 120 mm in March. December has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Crested Gallito sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only El Impenetrable National Park, in our data
El Impenetrable National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Crested Gallito sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Crested Gallito that you can see in El Impenetrable National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Brazilian Cardinal (about 80%), Blue-gray Saltator (about 80%) and Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Crested Gallito is recorded against all the birds logged in El Impenetrable National Park (48 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
