Paroaria gularis
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis) is a small species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in South America. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the red-capped cardinal in the supplement to his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in "America". He used the French name Le cardinal d'Amérique and the Latin name Cardinalis americanis. 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 in his Ornithologie. One of these was the red-capped cardinal. Linnaeus included a terse description, coined the binomial name Tanagra gularis and cited Brisson's work. The specific name gularis is Latin for "of the throat". The type locality has been restricted to French Guiana. This species is now placed in the genus Paroaria that was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1832.
The genus Paroaria is classified... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Brookfield Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Sedgwick County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Louisville Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Woodland Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Memphis Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Houston Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Sapporo Maruyama Zoo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 10 | Lincoln Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Topeka Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Henry Vilas Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Reid Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Tracy Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Texas State Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | National Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-capped Cardinal sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 386 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 117th most-seen of the 550 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.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-capped Cardinal in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, against about 10% in June to April, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-capped 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.
5th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Red-capped Cardinal sightings, Tambopata National Reserve ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 60%), Manu National Park (Peru, about 40%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Red-capped Cardinal that you can see in Tambopata National Reserve (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Silver-beaked Tanager (about 40%), Blue-gray Tanager (about 20%) and Palm Tanager (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-capped Cardinal is recorded against all the birds logged in Tambopata National Reserve (386 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.
