Phrygilus atriceps
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In 3 days >90%
The black-hooded sierra finch (Phrygilus atriceps) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Black-hooded Sierra-Finch sighting in Lauca National Park on a given day, based on 789 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 112 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, June and August
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Black-hooded Sierra-Finch in Lauca National Park on a given day, against about 60% in March, July and December, the lowest months. Those are among Lauca National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 150 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-hooded Sierra-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 Lauca National Park, in our data
Lauca National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-hooded Sierra-Finch sightings: about 70% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Black-hooded Sierra-Finch that you can see in Lauca National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch (about 60%), Mourning Sierra-Finch (about 50%) and White-winged Diuca-Finch (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-hooded Sierra-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Lauca National Park (789 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.
