Fringilla moreletti
In 3 days >90%
The Azores chaffinch (Fringilla moreletti) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae, closely related to the Eurasian chaffinch F. coelebs, and formerly treated as a subspecies of it. Genetic, morphological, and vocal differences from it have resulted in it being elevated to species level in 2021. It is endemic to the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, part of Macaronesia in the warm temperate northern Atlantic Ocean. It is locally known as the tentilhão or sachão.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pico Island Natural Park (Azores) | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
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Very likely
About 90% of wildlife watchers report an Azores Chaffinch sighting in Pico Island Natural Park (Azores) on a given day, based on 1,488 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 53 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month over 90% of wildlife watchers report an Azores Chaffinch in Pico Island Natural Park (Azores) on a given day, against about 70% in September, the lowest month.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Azores Chaffinch 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 Pico Island Natural Park (Azores), in our data
Pico Island Natural Park (Azores) is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Azores Chaffinch sightings: about 90% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Fringillidae
The closest relatives of the Azores Chaffinch that you can see in Pico Island Natural Park (Azores) (family Fringillidae, Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) are Island Canary (about 90%), Eurasian Goldfinch (about 50%) and European Greenfinch (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Azores Chaffinch is recorded against all the birds logged in Pico Island Natural Park (Azores) (1,488 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.
