Sicalis uropigyalis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The bright-rumped yellow finch (Sicalis uropygialis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the Puna grassland: Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile and Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and heavily degraded former forest.
The bright-rumped yellow finch was formally described in 1837 by the French naturalists Alcide d'Orbigny and Frédéric de Lafresnaye from a specimen collected in the Bolivian Andes. They coined the binomial name Emberiza uropigyalis. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bright-rumped Yellow Finch sighting in La Paz on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 77th most-seen of the 88 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bright-rumped Yellow Finch in La Paz on a given day, against under 5% in January to November, the lowest months. That is one of La Paz's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain against 10 mm in June.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bright-rumped Yellow 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.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Bright-rumped Yellow Finch sightings, La Paz has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Arequipa (Peru, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bright-rumped Yellow Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in La Paz (7 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.
