Yellow-green Grosbeak

Yellow-green Grosbeak

Caryothraustes canadensis

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Serra dos Órgãos National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

113 Verified sightings at Serra dos Órgãos National Park From 2019 to 2026
181 In all 3 parks
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Yellow-green Grosbeak

The yellow-green grosbeak (Caryothraustes canadensis) is a species of bird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals, grosbeaks, and “tanager” allies. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela.

In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the yellow-green grosbeak in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Cayenne in French Guiana. He used the French name Le Gros-bec de Cayenne and the Latin name Coccothraustes Cayanensis. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson including the yellow-green grosbeak. Linnaeus included a terse description, used the binomial Loxia canadensis, and cited Brisson's work. Linnaeus mistakenly claimed that the species occurred in Canada rather than Cayenne and introduced the specific name canadensis for Canada where the bird does not occur.

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Sounds

Song0:22

Brazil · 2024

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC939987 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:15

French Guiana · 2023

© Wim Jacobs · XC854511 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:36

Brazil · 2010

© Guilherme Santos Toledo de Lima · XC569643 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
2 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
3 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden 🇭🇺 Hungary In captivity
2 Dallas World Aquarium 🇺🇸 United States In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-green Grosbeak in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-green Grosbeak sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 113 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 122nd most-seen of the 336 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-green Grosbeak in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?

September and October

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-green Grosbeak in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a Yellow-green Grosbeak?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-green Grosbeak sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Serra dos Órgãos National Park the best place to see a Yellow-green Grosbeak?

Yes

Of the 3 parks where we can rate Yellow-green Grosbeak sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Darién National Park (Panama, about 10%) and Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, under 5%).

Where does the Yellow-green Grosbeak sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-green Grosbeak is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (113 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.

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