Microspingus melanoleucus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The black-capped warbling finch (Microspingus melanoleucus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and western Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 4 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-capped Warbling-Finch sighting in Iberá National Park on a given day, based on 165 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 155th most-seen of the 284 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-capped Warbling-Finch in Iberá National Park on a given day, against about 10% in August to June, the lowest months. That is one of Iberá National Park's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 180 mm in October.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-capped 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.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Black-capped Warbling-Finch sightings, Iberá National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in El Palmar National Park (Argentina, about 50%) and El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 50%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Black-capped Warbling-Finch that you can see in Iberá National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Brazilian Cardinal (about 70%), Great Pampa-Finch (about 60%) and Sayaca Tanager (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-capped Warbling-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Iberá National Park (165 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.
