Sporophila nigricollis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The yellow-bellied seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, formerly placed with the New World sparrows in the Emberizidae. The "hooded seedeater" was a proposed bird species described by Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln as Spermophila melanops in 1870. The only known individual was heavily moulted and caught in October 1823 from a flock of other seedeater species at the edge of a lake 15 kilometres north of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil. It is now considered to be either an abnormal specimen of the yellow-bellied seedeater or a hybrid. The bird had a black crest and throat, the upperparts were olive, and the underparts showed a dingy buff. In contrast, a typical yellow-bellied seedeater has pale yellow underparts and the black colouring extends to the upper breast.
The yellow-bellied seedeater is found in Central and South America from Costa Rica to Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest. One study in Brazil estimated that 16,800 yellow-bellied... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 6 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 7 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Seedeater sighting in Belo Horizonte on a given day, based on 50 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 107th most-seen of the 220 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Seedeater in Belo Horizonte on a given day, against under 5% in January, March and May–November, the lowest months. Those are among Belo Horizonte's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in July.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-bellied Seedeater sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Yellow-bellied Seedeater sightings, Belo Horizonte ranks 9th at under 5%. The best odds are in Goiânia (Brazil, about 30%), Cali (Colombia, about 20%) and Brasilia (Brazil, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-bellied Seedeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Belo Horizonte (50 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.
