Gnorimopsar chopi
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 11 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 12 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Edward Youde Aviary | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chopí Blackbird sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, based on 53 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 197th most-seen of the 308 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.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chopí Blackbird in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain against almost none in July. January to April have too few records to rate.
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.
9th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Chopí Blackbird sightings, Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas ranks 9th at under 5%. The best odds are in Emas National Park (Brazil, about 70%), Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil, about 70%) and Chapada Diamantina National Park (Brazil, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Icteridae
The closest relatives of the Chopí Blackbird that you can see in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (family Icteridae, New World Blackbirds and Orioles) are Yellow-rumped Cacique (about 50%), Unicoloured Blackbird (about 50%) and Orange-backed Oriole (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chopí Blackbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (53 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.
