Masked Cardinal
Paroaria nigrogenis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusParoaria (Red-headed Cardinals)
- SpeciesParoaria nigrogenis (Masked Cardinal)
Closest Relatives at Caroni Swamp
Bicolored Conebill
Conirostrum bicolor
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Olivaceous Saltator
Saltator olivascens
White-lined Tanager
Tachyphonus rufus
Tachyphonus luctuosus
Loriotus luctuosus
Straight-billed Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus picus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Masked Cardinal in Caroni Swamp?
About 52% of visitor-days record a Masked Cardinal sighting in Caroni Swamp, based on 235 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Masked Cardinal in Caroni Swamp?
December has the highest sighting rate for Masked Cardinal in Caroni Swamp in our monthly data.