Coryphospingus cucullatus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-crested Finch sighting in El Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 65 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 70th most-seen of the 219 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Red-crested Finch in El Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February and August, the lowest months. Those are among El Impenetrable National Park's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in July. December has too few records to rate.
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.
2nd of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Red-crested Finch sightings, El Impenetrable National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil, about 40%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Red-crested Finch that you can see in El Impenetrable National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Brazilian Cardinal (about 80%), Blue-gray Saltator (about 80%) and Golden-billed Saltator (about 70%), 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 El Impenetrable National Park (65 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.
