Paradoxornis heudei
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei) is a species of bird in the family Paradoxornithidae. It is found in Manchuria and eastern China and the Russian Far East. It is threatened by habitat loss. The northern subspecies P. h. polivanovi is sometimes regarded as a separate species, the northern parrotbill.
The reed parrotbill species is known to have significantly short, wide, and deep bills. The reed parrotbill is the only parrotbill to change its appearance based on whether it's in breeding season. In winter, non-breeding season, the reed parrotbill has a pinkish-cream and ash-gray forehead and neck. This species has streaks of black and warm brown from above its eyes to the tip of its head. The region between its eyes and bill is a little whiter than its forehead. The reed parrotbill has a white-tinted stripe that runs from the base of the bird's beak above its eye, and finishes somewhere towards the rear of the bird's head. Its ears are a similar color to its crown, also known as the top of its head. They have different colored streaks on their body which include black and brown. The streaks become blacker the further down the body. In summer, breeding season... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Tianjin | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Jinan | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Shijiazhuang | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Beijing | 🇨🇳 China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Reed Parrotbill sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 464 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 88th most-seen of the 324 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.
August–September and November–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Reed Parrotbill in Beijing on a given day, against under 5% in March–July and October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Reed Parrotbill sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Reed Parrotbill sightings, Beijing ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Tianjin (China, about 20%), Jinan (China, about 20%) and Shijiazhuang (China, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Reed Parrotbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Beijing (464 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.
