Emberizoides herbicola
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The wedge-tailed grass finch (Emberizoides herbicola) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Colombia, Panama, and every mainland South American country except Chile. The wedge-tailed grass finch was formally described in 1817 with the binomial Sylvia herbicola. It was eventually reassigned to its present genus Emberizoides, which was included in a large family of Old and New World species, Emberizidae. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the wedge-tailed grass finch belonged in the tanager family Thraupidae. Some authors have treated the wedge-tailed grass finch and the lesser grass finch (E. ypiranganus) as conspecific and others treated it as conspecific with the Duida grass finch (E. duidae). A 1982 publication confirmed them as three separate species. The three are the only members of the genus Emberizoides.
The wedge-tailed grass finch has these five subspecies: The Clements taxonomy recognizes some differences within... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch sighting in Iberá National Park on a given day, based on 270 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 120th most-seen of the 284 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch in Iberá National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March–April, August–September and December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wedge-tailed Grass-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 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch sightings, Iberá National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Emas National Park (Brazil, about 50%) and Serra da Canastra National Park (Brazil, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Iberá National Park (270 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.
