Carpornis cucullata
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The hooded berryeater (Carpornis cucullata) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is endemic to Brazil. The hooded berryeater was originally described as Procnias cucullata. Early in the twentieth century some authors placed it in genus Ampelion but by 1970 it was moved to its present genus Carpornis that had been erected in 1846.
The hooded berryeater shares its genus with the black-headed berryeater (C. melanocephala). It is monotypic. The hooded berryeater is 22.5 to 25 cm (8.9 to 9.8 in) long and weighs about 67 to 85 g (2.4 to 3.0 oz). The sexes have similar plumage. Adult males have an entirely black head, neck, and upper breast with a thin yellow "collar" around the sides and back of the neck. Their back is chestnut-tinged brown and their rump and uppertail coverts dull greenish olive. Their wings and tail are mostly blackish with olive-green edges on the feathers. The greater and median wing coverts have buffish yellow tips that form two wing bars. Their underparts below the upper breast are yellow. Adult females are overall duller than males. Their head and body have an olive wash, especially on the... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hooded Berryeater sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 77 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 157th 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, May and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hooded Berryeater in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, October and December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hooded Berryeater 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 Serra dos Órgãos National Park, in our data
Serra dos Órgãos National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hooded Berryeater sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cotingidae
The closest relatives of the Hooded Berryeater 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 Hooded Berryeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (77 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.
