Sporophila angolensis
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The chestnut-bellied seed finch (Sporophila angolensis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, but was until recently placed in Emberizidae. It is found widely in shrubby and grassy areas in tropical and subtropical South America. It has been replaced west of the Andes (and in Central America) by the closely related thick-billed seed finch (S. funerea). The two have often been considered conspecific as the lesser seed-finch, using the older scientific name Oryzoborus angolensis.
The chestnut-bellied seed finch was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Loxia angolensis. Linnaeus based his description on "The Black Gros-Beak" that had been described and illustrated in 1764 by the English naturalist George Edwards. Edwards's illustration was from a live bird belonging to the barrister Philip Carteret Webb. Edwards mistakenly believed that the bird had come from Angola. The chestnut-bellied seed finch does not occur there and the type locality is now designated as eastern Brazil.
The chestnut-bellied seed finch and the thick-billed seed finch were formerly considered... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 12 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 13 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 15 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch sighting in Caracas on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 57th most-seen of the 295 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April–May and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch in Caracas on a given day, against under 5% in January, March and August–November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-bellied Seed-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.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch sightings, Caracas has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Santos (Brazil, under 5%).
Same genus: Sporophila
The closest relatives of the Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch that you can see in Caracas (genus Sporophila, Typical Seedeaters and Seed-Finches) are Yellow-bellied Seedeater (about 10%) and Ruddy-breasted Seedeater (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Caracas (17 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.
