Pyrgilauda blanfordi
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi) or the plain-backed snowfinch, is a species of bird in the sparrow family. It is found in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. The species epithet and common name commemorate the English zoologist William Thomas Blanford.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hemis National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blanford's Snowfinch sighting in Hemis National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blanford's Snowfinch in Hemis National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–July and October–December, the lowest months. January has too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blanford's Snowfinch 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 Hemis National Park, in our data
Hemis National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blanford's Snowfinch sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blanford's Snowfinch is recorded against all the birds logged in Hemis National Park (7 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.
