Conirostrum tamarugense
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The tamarugo conebill (Conirostrum tamarugense) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It breeds in northern Chile and is a vagrant to southern Peru, and receives its name from the tamarugo, a type of shrub to which it is closely associated.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss. BirdLife Species Factsheet. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tamarugo Conebill sighting in Lauca National Park on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 112 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tamarugo Conebill in Lauca National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to March, the lowest months. That is one of Lauca National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 150 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tamarugo Conebill sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 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 Tamarugo Conebill sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tamarugo Conebill is recorded against all the birds logged in Lauca National Park (38 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.
