Sicalis uropigyalis
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The bright-rumped yellow finch (Sicalis uropygialis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the Puna grassland: Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile and Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and heavily degraded former forest.
The bright-rumped yellow finch was formally described in 1837 by the French naturalists Alcide d'Orbigny and Frédéric de Lafresnaye from a specimen collected in the Bolivian Andes. They coined the binomial name Emberiza uropigyalis. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bright-rumped Yellow Finch sighting in Arequipa on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 59th most-seen of the 61 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bright-rumped Yellow Finch in Arequipa on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months. That is one of Arequipa's driest months, with almost no rain against 45 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bright-rumped Yellow Finch sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Bright-rumped Yellow Finch sightings, Arequipa ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in La Paz (Bolivia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bright-rumped Yellow Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Arequipa (10 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.
