Microspingus lateralis
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The buff-throated warbling finch (Microspingus lateralis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in forest borders and woodland in south-eastern Brazil. It was previously considered conspecific with the gray-throated warbling finch, and together they were known as the red-rumped warbling finch. The SACC found enough evidence to split them in 2009. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-throated Warbling-Finch sighting in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, based on 718 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 63rd most-seen of the 352 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-throated Warbling-Finch in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, against about 20% in September and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Itatiaia National Park's wettest months, with about 290 mm of rain against 25 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buff-throated 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.
Only Itatiaia National Park, in our data
Itatiaia National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Buff-throated Warbling-Finch sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Buff-throated Warbling-Finch that you can see in Itatiaia National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Saffron Finch (about 60%), Sayaca Tanager (about 60%) and Green-winged Saltator (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Buff-throated Warbling-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Itatiaia National Park (718 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.
