Malacoptila striata
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In 3 days ~10%
The crescent-chested puffbird (Malacoptila striata) is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is endemic to Brazil. The crescent-chested puffbird was for a time called Malacoptila torquata but since the mid-1900s it has borne its current binomial. However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) treat those entities as separate species, the greater and lesser crescent-chested puffbirds respectively.
The crescent-chested puffbird is 17.5 to 20 cm (6.9 to 7.9 in) long. The nominate's head and upperparts are blackish with buffy streaks. The face is rufous around the bill and has a buffy or white "moustache". The wing is brown with buffy markings; the tail is plain dark brown. The upper breast has a white crescent with... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-crested Puffbird sighting in Tijuca National Park on a given day, based on 57 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 125th most-seen of the 214 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-crested Puffbird in Tijuca National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to March, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-crested Puffbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Chestnut-crested Puffbird sightings, Tijuca National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same order: Piciformes
The closest relatives of the Chestnut-crested Puffbird that you can see in Tijuca National Park (order Piciformes, Woodpeckers and Allies) are Channel-billed Toucan (about 40%) and White-barred Piculet (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-crested Puffbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Tijuca National Park (57 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.
