Procnias nudicollis
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in moist subtropical and tropical forests in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The male has white plumage and bristly bluish-black bare skin around its eye, beak and throat. The female is more drab, being olive-brown above with streaked yellow underparts. The male has one of the loudest known bird calls, producing a metallic sound similar to a hammer striking an anvil. This bird feeds strictly on fruit and plays a part in dispersing the seeds of forest trees. It is considered Near Threatened because of loss of its forest habitat and collection for the pet bird trade.
The male bird has striking white plumage and a bare bluish-black patch of skin around its eyes and beak and on its throat. The female is duller in colour with a black crown, olive-brown upper parts and yellowish underparts streaked with olive green. This bird is about 27 cm (11 in) long.
Like other bellbirds (Procnias), P. nudicollis has a short bill with a very wide gape. The male has one of the loudest calls of any bird—a sharp sound like that of a hammer striking an anvil or a bell. Before making such... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Zoobotanic Park of Brusque | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Jardín Botánico y Zoológico de Asunción | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 4 | Zoo das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Parque Zoológico Bosque Guarani | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Zoológico | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | GüiráOga | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-throated Bellbird sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 101 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 155th most-seen of the 336 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.
February, July and September–November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-throated Bellbird in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–June, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bare-throated Bellbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Bare-throated Bellbird sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Cotingidae
The closest relatives of the Bare-throated Bellbird that you can see in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (family Cotingidae, Cotingas) are Chestnut-crowned Becard (about 40%), Black-capped Becard (about 20%) and Black-and-gold Cotinga (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bare-throated Bellbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (101 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.
