Sporophila ruficollis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The dark-throated seedeater (Sporophila ruficollis) is a bird species in the family Thraupidae (formerly in Emberizidae). It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (where it can still be found at the Quebrada de los Cuervos).
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dark-throated Seedeater sighting in Iberá National Park on a given day, based on 104 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 180th most-seen of the 284 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.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dark-throated Seedeater in Iberá National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and March–September, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dark-throated Seedeater sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Iberá National Park, in our data
Iberá National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dark-throated Seedeater sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Sporophila
The closest relatives of the Dark-throated Seedeater that you can see in Iberá National Park (genus Sporophila, Typical Seedeaters and Seed-Finches) are Rusty-collared Seedeater (about 30%), Double-collared Seedeater (about 20%) and Iberá Seedeater (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dark-throated Seedeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Iberá National Park (104 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.
