Sicalis olivascens
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The greenish yellow finch (Sicalis olivascens) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the central Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bioparque Municipal Vesty Pakos | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Greenish Yellow-Finch sighting in Lauca National Park on a given day, based on 434 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 112 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.
July to September
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Greenish Yellow-Finch in Lauca National Park on a given day, against about 30% in December, the lowest month. Those are among Lauca National Park's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain a month against 150 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Greenish Yellow-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 Greenish Yellow-Finch sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Greenish Yellow-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Lauca National Park (434 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.
