Lophospingus griseocristatus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The grey-crested finch (Lophospingus griseocristatus) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia and northwestern Argentina where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and heavily degraded former forest. The bird was first described in 1837 by the French ornithologist Frédéric de Lafresnaye and the French zoologist Alcide d'Orbigny after the latter had collected it on an expedition he undertook for the Paris Museum to South America between 1826 and 1833.
The grey-crested finch has a distinctive erect, spiky grey crest. Other parts of the bird are grey also, with the underparts being paler than the upper parts, and the belly being whitish. The wings and tail are deeper grey, except for the outer corners of the tail which are white and particularly noticeable in flight. The beak is yellow, pink and grey. The adult length of this finch is about 14 cm (5.5 in).
The grey-crested finch is native to South America. Its range includes the Andean foothills of western Bolivia and northwestern Argentina, where it occurs at altitudes of between 1,500 and 3,100 m (4,900 and 10,200... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-crested Finch sighting in Cochabamba on a given day, based on 72 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 38th most-seen of the 112 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and October
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-crested Finch in Cochabamba on a given day, against about 10% in April and December, the lowest months. Those are among Cochabamba's wettest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray-crested Finch sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cochabamba, in our data
Cochabamba is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gray-crested Finch sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Gray-crested Finch that you can see in Cochabamba (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Sayaca Tanager (about 60%), Saffron Finch (about 60%) and Golden-billed Saltator (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gray-crested Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Cochabamba (72 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.
