Paradoxornis heudei
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei) is a species of bird in the family Paradoxornithidae. It is found in Manchuria and eastern China and the Russian Far East. It is threatened by habitat loss. The northern subspecies P. h. polivanovi is sometimes regarded as a separate species, the northern parrotbill.
The reed parrotbill species is known to have significantly short, wide, and deep bills. The reed parrotbill is the only parrotbill to change its appearance based on whether it's in breeding season. In winter, non-breeding season, the reed parrotbill has a pinkish-cream and ash-gray forehead and neck. This species has streaks of black and warm brown from above its eyes to the tip of its head. The region between its eyes and bill is a little whiter than its forehead. The reed parrotbill has a white-tinted stripe that runs from the base of the bird's beak above its eye, and finishes somewhere towards the rear of the bird's head. Its ears are a similar color to its crown, also known as the top of its head. They have different colored streaks on their body which include black and brown. The streaks become blacker the further down the body. In summer, breeding season... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Tianjin | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Jinan | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Shijiazhuang | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Beijing | 🇨🇳 China |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Reed Parrotbill sighting in Jinan on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 35th most-seen of the 69 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Reed Parrotbill in Jinan on a given day, against about 10% in January–March, May, July and October, the lowest months. That is one of Jinan's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 190 mm in July. April has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Reed Parrotbill sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Reed Parrotbill sightings, Jinan ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Tianjin (China, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Reed Parrotbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Jinan (13 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.
