Paroaria capitata
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In 3 days >90%
The yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata) is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It is not very closely related to the cardinals proper (Cardinalidae). It occurs in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, and northern Argentina and has been introduced on the island of Hawaiʻi. It breeds in moist shrubland. The yellow-billed cardinal could be easily confused with the red-crested cardinal. The yellow-billed cardinal does not have a crest.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 4 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warsaw Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Reid Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 4 | akwarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Cardinal sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, based on 1,520 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 308 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and August
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Cardinal in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas on a given day, against about 50% in November, the lowest month. Those are among Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in January. January to April have too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-billed Cardinal sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Yellow-billed Cardinal sightings, Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas has the highest daily chance: about 70%. Next come El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 60%) and Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-billed Cardinal is recorded against all the birds logged in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (1,520 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.
