White-naped Brush-Finch

White-naped Brush-Finch

Atlapetes albinucha

Silhouette: L. Shyamal · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

2,180 Verified sightings at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve From 2019 to 2026
6,345 In all 16 parks
March Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the White-naped Brush-Finch

The white-naped brushfinch (Atlapetes albinucha), also known as the yellow-throated brushfinch, is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found from Mexico to Ecuador. The white-naped brushfinch was formally described in 1838 with the binomial Embernagra albinucha. Subsequent authors placed it in genus Buarremon or Arremon before it was assigned to its present Atlapetes.

The white-naped brushfinch's further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC and AviList assign it these seven subspecies: For most of the twentieth century all of the subspecies except the nominate A. a. albinucha were treated as subspecies within the binomial Atlapetes gutturalis... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:26

Guatemala · 2024

© Peter Boesman · XC879974 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:25

Colombia · 2020

© Jerome Fischer · XC577151 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:20

Colombia · 2019

© David Monroy Rengifo · XC456665 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 La Tigra National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
2 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
3 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
4 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
5 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
6 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
7 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
8 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
9 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
10 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
11 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
12 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
13 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
14 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
<5%
15 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
16 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Guatemala City 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~10%
2 San José 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
3 Medellín 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a White-naped Brush-Finch in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-naped Brush-Finch sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 2,180 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 80th most-seen of the 412 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a White-naped Brush-Finch in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?

February–September and December

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-naped Brush-Finch in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against about 10% in January and October–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a White-naped Brush-Finch?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-naped Brush-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.

Is Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve the best place to see a White-naped Brush-Finch?

3rd of 16

Of the 16 parks where we can rate White-naped Brush-Finch sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in La Tigra National Park (Honduras, about 30%) and Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 30%).

Where does the White-naped Brush-Finch sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the White-naped Brush-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (2,180 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.

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