Poospiza hispaniolensis
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The collared warbling finch (Poospiza hispaniolensis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Warbling-Finch sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 181 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 39th most-seen of the 248 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Warbling-Finch in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February and December, the lowest months. That is one of Machalilla National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 140 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Collared Warbling-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 Machalilla National Park, in our data
Machalilla National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Collared Warbling-Finch sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Collared Warbling-Finch that you can see in Machalilla National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Blue-gray Tanager (about 50%), Saffron Finch (about 40%) and Streaked Saltator (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Collared Warbling-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (181 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.
