Spizixos canifrons
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The crested finchbill (Spizixos canifrons) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in south-eastern Asia from China and India to Indochina. The crested finchbill was formally described in 1845 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth under the binomial name Spizixos canifrons. He specified the type locality as Cherrapunji in the Indian state of Meghalaya of northeast India. The specific epithet combines the Latin canus meaning "grey" with frons meaning "forehead". Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Kunming | 🇨🇳 China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Crested Finchbill sighting in Kunming on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 52nd most-seen of the 99 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Crested Finchbill in Kunming on a given day, against under 5% in February and October, the lowest months. Those are among Kunming's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in February.
Only Kunming, in our data
Kunming is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Crested Finchbill sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Crested Finchbill that you can see in Kunming (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Anderson's Bulbul (about 90%), Sooty-headed Bulbul (about 40%) and Red-whiskered Bulbul (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Crested Finchbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Kunming (20 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.
