Where to see
Sicalis flaveola
Serra da Canastra National Park leads · 16 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Saffron Finch during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 11 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 12 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 13 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 15 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 16 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Serra da Canastra National Park
In Serra da Canastra National Park, Brazil, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Saffron Finch sighting on a given day, the highest of the 16 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Serra dos Órgãos National Park and more
After Serra da Canastra National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Saffron Finch are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 70%), Emas National Park (Brazil, about 70%) and Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 60%). Outside South America, the best option is Caroni Swamp in Central America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January–April, June, August and October in Serra da Canastra National Park (about 80%), January, March, July and September in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (about 80%) and March, May–July, September and November in Emas National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Saffron Finch on a given day. Each park's Saffron Finch page has the full month-by-month chart.
