Emberiza personata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The masked bunting (Emberiza personata) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It is found in Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and Japan. The masked bunting was formerly considered as a subspecies of the black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) but is now treated as a separate species based on morphological and genetic differences. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ueno Zoo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Inokashira Park Zoo | 🇯🇵 Japan |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Masked Bunting sighting in Osaka on a given day, based on 651 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 40th most-seen of the 180 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Masked Bunting in Osaka on a given day, against under 5% in May to October, the lowest months. That is one of Osaka's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 200 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Masked Bunting sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Masked Bunting sightings, Osaka ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Sendai (Japan, about 40%), Nagoya (Japan, about 30%) and Tokyo (Japan, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Masked Bunting is recorded against all the birds logged in Osaka (651 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.
