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title: "Hooded Capuchin"
description: "Sapajus cay — Zoogdieren. Azaras's capuchin or hooded capuchin (Sapajus cay) is a species of robust capuchin."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/hooded-capuchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hooded Capuchin

> Sapajus cay — Zoogdieren. Azaras's capuchin or hooded capuchin (Sapajus cay) is a species of robust capuchin.

- Scientific name: *Sapajus cay*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1371
- Wikidata: [Q1977262](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1977262)
- iNaturalist taxon: [516975](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/516975)

## Names

- en: Hooded Capuchin
- de: Azarakapuzineraffe
- es: Capuchino de Azara
- fr: Sapajou du Paraguay
- it: Cebo di Azara

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1031), AR (69), PY (59), BO (50)

## Summary

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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azaras%27s_capuchin

## Photo

![Hooded Capuchin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hooded-capuchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248803518

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hooded-capuchin?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).