White-winged Grosbeak

White-winged Grosbeak

Mycerobas carnipes

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Jiuzhaigou National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

10 Verified sightings at Jiuzhaigou National Park From 2019 to 2026
80 In all 2 parks
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the White-winged Grosbeak

The white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Its natural habitat is boreal forests. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:40

China · 2025

© Ding Li Yong · XC1017510 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Subsong1:01

Iran · 2021

© Ali Alieslam · XC649039 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Flight call0:06

India · 2019

© Ramit Singal · XC472161 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~20%
2 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Almaty 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
<5%
2 Mashhad 🇮🇷 Iran
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a White-winged Grosbeak in Jiuzhaigou National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Grosbeak sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 108th most-seen of the 131 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.

When is the best time to see a White-winged Grosbeak in Jiuzhaigou National Park?

July and October

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Grosbeak in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, August–September and November–December, the lowest months. Those are among Jiuzhaigou National Park's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in December. January to March have too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a White-winged Grosbeak?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-winged Grosbeak sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Jiuzhaigou National Park the best place to see a White-winged Grosbeak?

2nd of 2

Of the 2 parks where we can rate White-winged Grosbeak sightings, Jiuzhaigou National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Langtang National Park (Nepal, about 20%).

Where does the White-winged Grosbeak sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the White-winged Grosbeak is recorded against all the birds logged in Jiuzhaigou National Park (10 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.

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