What are the chances of seeing a Black-throated Flowerpiercer in Lauca National Park?
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Flowerpiercer sighting in Lauca National Park on a given day, based on 134 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 61st most-seen of the 112 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Black-throated Flowerpiercer in Lauca National Park?
May–June and August–March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Flowerpiercer in Lauca National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April and July, the lowest months.
What time of day is best to see a Black-throated Flowerpiercer?
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-throated Flowerpiercer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Black-throated Flowerpiercer?
Only Lauca National Park, in our data
Lauca National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-throated Flowerpiercer sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Black-throated Flowerpiercer live in Lauca National Park?
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Black-throated Flowerpiercer that you can see in Lauca National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Black-hooded Sierra-Finch (about 70%), Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch (about 60%) and Mourning Sierra-Finch (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Black-throated Flowerpiercer sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-throated Flowerpiercer is recorded against all the birds logged in Lauca National Park (134 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.