Phrygilus punensis
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In 3 days >90%
The Peruvian sierra finch (Phrygilus punensis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in western Bolivia and Peru where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Peruvian Sierra-Finch sighting in La Paz on a given day, based on 239 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 88 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to January
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Peruvian Sierra-Finch in La Paz on a given day, against about 30% in September, the lowest month. Those are among La Paz's wettest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in June.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Peruvian Sierra-Finch sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only La Paz, in our data
La Paz is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Peruvian Sierra-Finch sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Peruvian Sierra-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in La Paz (239 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.
