Hooded Capuchin

Sapajus cay

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
OrderPrimates
FamilyCebidae (Cebid Monkeys)
GenusSapajus (Robust Capuchins)
SpeciesSapajus cay (Hooded Capuchin)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Iguaçu National Park

1 Verified records at Iguaçu National Park

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

Azaras's capuchin or hooded capuchin (Sapajus cay) is a species of robust capuchin. It occurs in eastern Paraguay, southeastern Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Brazil, at Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso states, in Pantanal. Its habitat consists of subtropical, humid, semi-deciduous, gallery forests and forested regions of the Pantanals. Formerly, it was considered a subspecies of black-striped capuchin, according to Groves (2005) with the name Cebus libidinosus paraguayanus, but Silva Jr. (2001) considered it a separated species. They are considered as frugivores-insectivores which means that their diet mainly consists of a variety of fruits, seeds, arthropods, frogs, small mammals, etc. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Iguaçu National Park

Sapajus nigritus

40–50% · Likely

LC Endemic

Callithrix penicillata

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Hooded Capuchin at Iguaçu National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

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	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	30–40%
2	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
3	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
4	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
5	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
6	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
7	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data

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