Curaeus curaeus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The austral blackbird (Curaeus curaeus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is found in Argentina and Chile, and it migrates to regions close by. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Its plumage is entirely black with a slight bluish hint, and its physical features consist of black legs, black eyes, and a sharp beak with missing pigmentation in the head, chest, and wings. Compared to other birds in its family, the Austral Blackbird has a highly varied voice, and they do a lot of singing and calling together.
Their main habitats are woodlands, forests, lakeshores, beaches, fields, valley bottoms, and rocky shores. It is commonly found in small flocks of 6 to 20 in and around the forest, and never in the open land. Can be commonly found in protected areas in national parks around Chile and Argentina. They are found in protected areas where the conditions support proper living and breeding.
They are typically drawn to nectar and like feeding on different kinds of flowers. When the bird feeds on these plants it will create a yellow color... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Austral Blackbird sighting in Torres del Paine National Park on a given day, based on 661 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 106 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Austral Blackbird in Torres del Paine National Park on a given day, against about 30% in July–August and November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Austral Blackbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Austral Blackbird sightings, Torres del Paine National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park (Chile, about 30%) and Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina, about 30%).
Same family: Icteridae
The closest relatives of the Austral Blackbird that you can see in Torres del Paine National Park (family Icteridae, New World Blackbirds and Orioles) are Long-tailed Meadowlark (about 40%) and Yellow-winged Blackbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Austral Blackbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Torres del Paine National Park (661 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.
