Pyrrhula erythaca
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The Grey-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythaca), Gray-headed bullfinch, or Beavan's Bullfinch is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is widespread across China; also present in Bhutan, northeast India and Taiwan; wintering range extends to eastern Burma.
Its natural habitats are boreal forest and temperate forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-headed Bullfinch sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, based on 95 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 131 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-headed Bullfinch in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, against about 30% in September and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Jiuzhaigou National Park's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against 15 mm in December. January to March have too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray-headed Bullfinch sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Jiuzhaigou National Park, in our data
Jiuzhaigou National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gray-headed Bullfinch sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Fringillidae
The closest relatives of the Gray-headed Bullfinch that you can see in Jiuzhaigou National Park (family Fringillidae, Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) are Chinese White-browed Rosefinch (about 50%), Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch (about 20%) and Three-banded Rosefinch (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gray-headed Bullfinch is recorded against all the birds logged in Jiuzhaigou National Park (95 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.
