Sporophila telasco
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In 3 days ~10%
The chestnut-throated seedeater (Sporophila telasco) is a Neotropical songbird in the family Thraupidae. It is found along the western seaboard of South America, from southwestern Colombia to far northern Chile. The natural habitats of the chestnut-throated seedeater are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, sandy shores, and heavily degraded former forest along the Pacific coast and montane uplands of western South America, primarily Ecuador, Peru, and Chile.
The species serves as an indicator of declining forest health, as their populations appear to increase following deforestation and land use change. Males possess a rich chestnut patch on the throat in breeding season. Females share a similar color pattern, but lack the throat patch, with a lighter bill, but moult into drab plumage outside of the breeding season. This occurs because the cost of colorful plumage attracting predators is no longer worth taking when breeding activities are completed.
These songbirds are among the smallest members of the tanager family at approximately 4.0 inches in length, and possess powerful bills to harvest grass seeds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-throated Seedeater sighting in Guayaquil on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 112th most-seen of the 167 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-throated Seedeater in Guayaquil on a given day, against under 5% in April to February, the lowest months. That is one of Guayaquil's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain against almost none in September.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-throated 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.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Chestnut-throated Seedeater sightings, Guayaquil ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Lima (Peru, about 10%).
Same genus: Sporophila
The closest relatives of the Chestnut-throated Seedeater that you can see in Guayaquil (genus Sporophila, Typical Seedeaters and Seed-Finches) are Variable Seedeater (about 20%) and Parrot-billed Seedeater (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-throated Seedeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Guayaquil (18 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.
