Leucosticte brandti
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Brandt's mountain finch (Leucosticte brandti), also known as the black-headed mountain-finch, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hemis National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Mountain-Finch sighting in Hemis National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 52 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Mountain-Finch in Hemis National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–July and September–December, the lowest months. January has too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-headed Mountain-Finch sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 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-headed Mountain-Finch sightings, Hemis National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Jiuzhaigou National Park (China, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-headed Mountain-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Hemis National Park (9 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.
