Pseudocolopteryx sclateri
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The crested doradito (Pseudocolopteryx sclateri) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela, possibly in French Guiana, and as a vagrant to Trinidad.
The crested doradito is monotypic. The crested doradito is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 6 to 9.9 g (0.21 to 0.35 oz). Both sexes have a shaggy crest. Adult males have a mostly pale olive head, upperparts, and tail. Their crown is blackish with yellowish white edges on the feathers and a partially hidden yellow stripe in the middle. Their cheeks are dusky, and their back has subtle dusky streaks. Their wings are pale olive with dull whitish edges on the flight feathers and wing coverts; the last show as two wing bars. Their throat and underparts are bright yellow. Adult females have a paler head than males, wider pale-yellow edges on the crown feathers, and a very faint pale yellow supercilium. Their underparts are a paler yellow than the male's. Both sexes have a dark brown iris and black legs and feet with a long hallux. Males have a slender... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Crested Doradito sighting in Iberá National Park on a given day, based on 224 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 144th most-seen of the 284 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Crested Doradito in Iberá National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and July–September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Crested Doradito sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Iberá National Park, in our data
Iberá National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Crested Doradito sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Crested Doradito is recorded against all the birds logged in Iberá National Park (224 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.
