Phrygilus patagonicus
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In 3 days ~90% 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 60% of wildlife watchers report a Patagonian Sierra-Finch sighting in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park on a given day, based on 366 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 70 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August to October
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Patagonian Sierra-Finch in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park on a given day, against about 30% in March, the lowest month.
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.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Patagonian Sierra-Finch sightings, Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park ranks 2nd at about 60%. The best odds are in Tierra del Fuego National Park (Argentina, about 90%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Patagonian Sierra-Finch that you can see in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Grassland Yellow-Finch (about 20%) and Yellow-bridled Finch (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Patagonian Sierra-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park (366 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.
