Yellow-billed Cardinal
Paroaria capitata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusParoaria (Red-headed Cardinals)
- SpeciesParoaria capitata (Yellow-billed Cardinal)
Closest Relatives at Iguazú National Park
Brazilian Cardinal
Paroaria coronata
Sayaca Tanager
Thraupis sayaca
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Black-goggled Tanager
Trichothraupis melanops
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Magpie Tanager
Cissopis leverianus
Green-winged Saltator
Saltator similis
Green-headed Tanager
Tangara seledon
Chestnut-vented Conebill
Conirostrum speciosum
Swallow Tanager
Tersina viridis
Guira Tanager
Hemithraupis guira
📅 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 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-billed Cardinal in Iguazú National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Yellow-billed Cardinal sighting in Iguazú National Park, based on 77 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Yellow-billed Cardinal in Iguazú National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-billed Cardinal in Iguazú National Park in our monthly data.