Rhodospingus cruentus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The crimson-breasted finch, or crimson finch, (Rhodospingus cruentus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Colombia. The crimson-breasted finch was formally described in 1844 by the French naturalist René Lesson under the binomial name Tiaris cruentus. The type locality is Guayaquil in Ecuador. In 1888 the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe erected the genus Rhodospingus for cruentis and it remains the only species in the genus. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek rhodon meaning "rose" and spingos meaning "finch". The specific epithet cruentus is the Latin word for "bloody". At the time, Tiaris and Rhodopingus were members of the finch family Fringillidae. Following a 2009 publication, taxonomists moved Rhodospingus to its present tanager family.
The crimson-breasted finch is monotypic. The crimson-breasted finch is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs an average of 11.6 g (0.41 oz). It has a short-tailed appearance and a long, slender, relatively straight bill. The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a blackish head with a bright... 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 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Crimson-breasted Finch sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 217 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th 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.
April
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Crimson-breasted Finch in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, the lowest month. That is one of Machalilla National Park's wettest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 5 mm in September.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Crimson-breasted 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 Crimson-breasted Finch sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Crimson-breasted 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 Crimson-breasted Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (217 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.
