Atlapetes leucopterus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The white-winged brushfinch (Atlapetes leucopterus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The white-winged brushfinch was formally described in 1856 with the binomial Arremon leucopterus. It later was reassigned to its current genus Atlapetes.
The IOC, the Clements taxonomy, AviList, and the independent South American Classification Committee assign the white-winged brushfinch these three subspecies: Clements recognizes some distinction within the species, calling paynteri the "white-winged brushfinch (Paynter's)" and grouping the other two subspecies as the "white-winged brushfinch (white-winged)". AviList also recognizes some differences, and notes that "a comprehensive genetic analysis is lacking; further research needed".
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Brush-Finch sighting in Quito on a given day, based on 150 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 46th most-seen of the 167 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Brush-Finch in Quito on a given day, against about 10% in January–July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-winged Brush-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.
Only Quito, in our data
Quito is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-winged Brush-Finch sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-winged Brush-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Quito (150 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.
