What are the chances of seeing a Gilt-edged Tanager in Belo Horizonte?
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gilt-edged Tanager sighting in Belo Horizonte on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 129th most-seen of the 220 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Gilt-edged Tanager in Belo Horizonte?
April and May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gilt-edged Tanager in Belo Horizonte on a given day, against under 5% in June to March, the lowest months. Those are among Belo Horizonte's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against 270 mm in December.
What time of day is best to see a Gilt-edged Tanager?
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gilt-edged Tanager sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Gilt-edged Tanager?
Only Belo Horizonte, in our data
Belo Horizonte is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gilt-edged Tanager sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Gilt-edged Tanager live in Belo Horizonte?
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Gilt-edged Tanager that you can see in Belo Horizonte (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Bananaquit (about 80%), Sayaca Tanager (about 70%) and Saffron Finch (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Gilt-edged Tanager sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gilt-edged Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Belo Horizonte (35 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.