Poospiza whitii
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The black-and-chestnut warbling finch (Poospiza whitii) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found on the slopes of the Andes in western Argentina and western Bolivia. Its natural habitats are woodland borders and hedgerows.
The black-and-chestnut warbling finch was formally described in 1883 by the English zoologist Philip Sclater under the current binomial name Poospiza whitii. The specific epithet was chosen to honour Ernest William White who had collected the specimen. The type locality is Cosquín, Córdoba in Argentina.
This species was formerly considered conspecific with the black-and-rufous warbling finch. The taxa were split based on molecular genetic and phenotypic data. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-and-chestnut Warbling-Finch (Black-and-chestnut) sighting in Cordoba on a given day, based on 126 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 68th most-seen of the 176 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–March, May–August and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-and-chestnut Warbling-Finch (Black-and-chestnut) in Cordoba on a given day, against under 5% in April, September–October and December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-and-chestnut Warbling-Finch (Black-and-chestnut) 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 Cordoba, in our data
Cordoba is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-and-chestnut Warbling-Finch (Black-and-chestnut) sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-and-chestnut Warbling-Finch (Black-and-chestnut) is recorded against all the birds logged in Cordoba (126 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.
