Poospiza nigrorufa
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The black-and-rufous warbling finch (Poospiza nigrorufa) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.
This species was formerly considered conspecific with the black-and-chestnut warbling finch (Poospiza whitii). The taxa were split based on molecular genetic and phenotypic data. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch sighting in El Palmar National Park on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 90th most-seen of the 151 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.
May and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch in El Palmar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June and October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-and-rufous Warbling-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.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch sightings, El Palmar National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Iberá National Park (Argentina, under 5%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch that you can see in El Palmar National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Golden-billed Saltator (about 80%), Sayaca Tanager (about 70%) and Brazilian Cardinal (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in El Palmar National Park (34 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.
