Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernUncommonInvertebratesWetlandCup nestSmall · 37 g

Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla), photo 1 — Photo: dany13 · CC BY 2.0

Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla), photo 2 — Photo: Ezequiel Ignacio Vera · CC BY 4.0

Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla), photo 3 — Photo: sussexbirder · CC BY 2.0

Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla), photo 4 — Photo: in Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny · Public domain

Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla), photo 5 — Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Nicolas Olejnik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Attila Oláh, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Pablo Cauã da Silva Toledo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Black-capped Donacobius

The black-capped donacobius is a conspicuous, vocal South American bird and the only bird in the genus Donacobius and family Donacobiidae. It is distributed across the northern half of South America.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

What the Black-capped Donacobius sounds like

Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

Regular range

Brazil Peru Ecuador Colombia Argentina Venezuela Paraguay Bolivia Panama Guyana French Guiana Suriname

When to see it

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range

Learn the Black-capped Donacobius for real

BeakBrain drills you on photos and calls until you can greet this bird by name in the field. Free to play, on any device.

Play BeakBrain

Every photo and recording on this page is credited to its author under the licence shown. Spotted a problem with this page, or have a better photo? Contribute.