Poospiza nigrorufa
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The black-and-rufous warbling finch (Poospiza nigrorufa) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.
This species was formerly considered conspecific with the black-and-chestnut warbling finch (Poospiza whitii). The taxa were split based on molecular genetic and phenotypic data. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch sighting in Curitiba on a given day, based on 98 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 95th most-seen of the 247 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and July–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch in Curitiba on a given day, against under 5% in February and May–June, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-and-rufous Warbling-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.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch sightings, Curitiba ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Buenos Aires (Argentina, about 30%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch that you can see in Curitiba (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Sayaca Tanager (about 70%), Saffron Finch (about 60%) and Blue-and-yellow Tanager (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Curitiba (98 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.
