Phrygilus patagonicus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Patagonian sierra finch (Phrygilus patagonicus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and temperate grassland.
Its diet consists mainly of seeds, flower parts, nectar, fruit, and insects, but it has also been seen to forage on human refuse. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Patagonian Sierra-Finch sighting in Nahuel Huapi National Park on a given day, based on 641 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 111 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Patagonian Sierra-Finch in Nahuel Huapi National Park on a given day, against about 30% in February and September, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Patagonian Sierra-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.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Patagonian Sierra-Finch sightings, Nahuel Huapi National Park ranks 3rd at about 40%. The best odds are in Tierra del Fuego National Park (Argentina, about 90%) and Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park (Chile, about 60%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Patagonian Sierra-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Nahuel Huapi National Park (641 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.
