Saltatricula multicolor
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The many-colored Chaco finch (Saltatricula multicolor) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, and as a vagrant in Brazil. The many-colored Chaco finch was formally described by Hermann Burmeister in 1860 with the binomial Saltator multicolor. A year later Burmeister erected the genus Saltatricula with multicolor as the type species. The genus spent time in the family Emberizidae before being moved to its present family Thraupidae in the early 2000s.
The many-colored Chaco finch's taxonomy is not settled as of August 2026. Most taxonomic systems retain it in Saltatricula. However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) moved it from that genus back to Saltator in 2016.
All of the systems agree that the species is monotypic. The many-colored Chaco finch is 17 cm (6.7 in) to 18 cm (7.1 in) long. It weighs 20 to 25 g (0.71 to 0.88 oz). The sexes have essentially the same plumage though females are generally slightly duller than males and have a paler face. Adult males have a black face from the lores to the eye and down the cheek... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Many-colored Chaco Finch sighting in El Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 128th most-seen of the 219 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.
April and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Many-colored Chaco Finch in El Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January–March, May–September and November, the lowest months. December has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Many-colored Chaco 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 El Impenetrable National Park, in our data
El Impenetrable National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Many-colored Chaco Finch sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Many-colored Chaco Finch that you can see in El Impenetrable National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Brazilian Cardinal (about 80%), Blue-gray Saltator (about 80%) and Golden-billed Saltator (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Many-colored Chaco Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in El Impenetrable National Park (29 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
