Spinus barbatus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The black-chinned siskin (Spinus barbatus) is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, the finches and euphonias. It is found in Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands. The black-chinned siskin has a complicated taxonomic history. It was originally described in 1782 with the binomial Fringilla barbata. It was renamed Chrysomitris barbata in 1860. It was tentatively placed in genus Spinus in 1889 and was first proposed with its current binomial in 1909. Between those dates several other putative species were described with different genera but all were eventually determined to be examples what is now Spinus barbatus. Sometime after 1926 genus Spinus was relegated to subgenus status within genus Carduelis. Beginning in about 2009 the subgenus was restored to full genus level and the black-chinned siskin, the rest of the New World siskins, and the New World goldfinches were therefore returned to genus Spinus.
The black-chinned siskin is monotypic. The black-chinned siskin is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs about 13 to 20 g (0.46 to 0.71 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have black lores, forehead, and...
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 5 | Falkland Islands | 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-chinned Siskin sighting in Falkland Islands on a given day, based on 731 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 28th most-seen of the 79 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to May
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-chinned Siskin in Falkland Islands on a given day, against about 20% in August, the lowest month.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-chinned Siskin sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Black-chinned Siskin sightings, Falkland Islands ranks 5th at about 40%. The best odds are in Tierra del Fuego National Park (Argentina, about 70%), Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park (Chile, about 50%) and Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Black-chinned Siskin that you can see in Falkland Islands (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Austral Thrush (about 70%), Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant (about 60%) and Long-tailed Meadowlark (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-chinned Siskin is recorded against all the birds logged in Falkland Islands (731 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.
