Grayish Baywing

Grayish Baywing

Agelaioides badius

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
at El Palmar National Park

In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%

187 Verified sightings at El Palmar National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,026 In all 9 parks
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Grayish Baywing

The greyish baywing (Agelaioides badius) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and there are unconfirmed reports from Chile.

The greyish baywing was formally described in 1819 with the binomial Agelaius badius. It was later placed in genus Molothrus and spent most of the twentieth century there with the English name "bay-winged cowbird". After it was reassigned to its present genus Agelaioides many authors called it simply "baywing" because it had significant behavioral differences from the Molothrus cowbirds. At this time it included three subspecies. In the mid-2010s one of them, A. b. fringillarius, was recognized as a full species and named the pale baywing. The reduced A. badius, which includes the second subspecies A. b. bolivianus, was renamed the greyish baywing.

The greyish baywing is 19 cm (7 in) long. Males weigh an average of about 46 g (1.6 oz) and females average about 42 g (1.5 oz). Both sexes of both subspecies have the same plumage though A. b. bolivianus is larger than the nominate... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:05

Argentina · 2025

© Marcos E. Sosa · XC1065678 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song1:07

Argentina · 2022

© Pablo Adrián Otero · XC749005 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:17

Argentina · 2014

© Gabriele Magurno · XC202067 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~50%
2 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~50%
3 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
4 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
6 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
7 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
8 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
9 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina
~70%
2 Cochabamba 🇧🇴 Bolivia
~70%
3 Cordoba 🇦🇷 Argentina
~50%
4 Mendoza 🇦🇷 Argentina
~40%
5 Rosario 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
6 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
7 Asuncion 🇵🇾 Paraguay
~20%
8 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
9 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 Bolivia
~10%
10 Salvador 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Grayish Baywing in El Palmar National Park?

Likely

About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Grayish Baywing sighting in El Palmar National Park on a given day, based on 187 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 151 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Grayish Baywing in El Palmar National Park?

July

In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Grayish Baywing in El Palmar National Park on a given day, against about 40% in May and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Grayish Baywing?

Between 1 and 4 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grayish Baywing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is El Palmar National Park the best place to see a Grayish Baywing?

Yes

Of the 9 parks where we can rate Grayish Baywing sightings, El Palmar National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 50%) and Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 30%).

Which relatives of the Grayish Baywing live in El Palmar National Park?

Same family: Icteridae

The closest relatives of the Grayish Baywing that you can see in El Palmar National Park (family Icteridae, New World Blackbirds and Orioles) are Epaulet Oriole (about 50%), Shiny Cowbird (about 30%) and Chopí Blackbird (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Grayish Baywing sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Grayish Baywing is recorded against all the birds logged in El Palmar National Park (187 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.

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