Pithecia chrysocephala
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The golden-faced saki (Pithecia chrysocephala) is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is found in Brazil north of the Amazon, on both sides of the Rio Negro. This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the white-faced saki (P. pithecia), but was raised to full species status in 2014. The species is named for the coloration of the male, which has black body hair but orange or red-brown facial hair. The female has lighter body color and more bare skin on the face, with lines of orange hair extending down from below the eyes around the snout, as well as orange ventral fur. The golden-faced saki features a smaller, less prognathic, and less spherical cranial vault than the white-faced saki. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faunia | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-faced Saki sighting in Manaus on a given day, based on 76 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 8 mammals 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.
August and October–November
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-faced Saki in Manaus on a given day, against about 10% in December, the lowest month. Those are among Manaus's driest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against 270 mm in March.
Only Manaus, in our data
Manaus is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Golden-faced Saki sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-faced Saki is recorded against all the mammals logged in Manaus (76 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.
