Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer

Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer

Diglossa carbonaria

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
at La Paz

In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%

186 Verified sightings at La Paz
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer

The grey-bellied flowerpiercer (Diglossa carbonaria) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the Bolivian Andes and far northwestern Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:24

Bolivia · 2023

© Niels Krabbe · XC778840 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:13

Bolivia · 2021

© Dante Buzzetti · XC733385 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:13

Bolivia · 1993

© Sjoerd Mayer · XC2093 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 La Paz 🇧🇴 Bolivia
~50%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Bioparque Municipal Vesty Pakos 🇧🇴 Bolivia In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer in La Paz?

Likely

About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer sighting in La Paz on a given day, based on 186 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 88 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer in La Paz?

October

In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer in La Paz on a given day, against about 30% in April, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer?

Only La Paz, in our data

La Paz is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer is recorded against all the birds logged in La Paz (186 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.

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