Leptopoecile sophiae
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The white-browed tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae) is a species of bird in the family Aegithalidae. The species was first described by Nikolai Severtzov in 1873. It is resident in the Tian Shan and central China as well as in the Himalayas where it is mainly found in winter. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.
The white-browed tit warbler is a passerine bird in the bushtit family. It was first described in 1873 by Russian ornithologist Nikolai Severtzov. The genus name, Leptopoecile, comes from Greek leptos, which means "slender" or "delicate". James A. Jobling supposed, that the specific epithet, sophiae, comes from the female eponym "Sophia"; it might refer to Sophia Maria Alexandrovna, who was tzarina of Russia during Severtzov's lifetime. It is more likely, however, that the species epithet refers to Severtsov's wife, Sofia Alexandrovna Poltoratskaya. For about a year (1865-1866) Sophia was a member of Severtsov's expedition to the Tian Shan and Issyk-Kul. She collected plants and insects and, as a talented artist, made many sketches.
Four subspecies are recognized: It ranges from southeast... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hemis National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almaty | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Tit-Warbler sighting in Almaty on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 46th most-seen of the 73 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Tit-Warbler in Almaty on a given day, against under 5% in January and March–September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-browed Tit-Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Almaty, in our data
Almaty is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-browed Tit-Warbler sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the White-browed Tit-Warbler that you can see in Almaty (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Great Tit (about 90%), Eurasian Magpie (about 90%) and Eurasian Blackbird (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-browed Tit-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Almaty (9 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
