Rosy Pipit

Rosy Pipit

Anthus roseatus

Silhouette: Susan Murphy (original photograph), T. Michael Keesey (vectorization) · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Chitwan National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

178 Verified sightings at Chitwan National Park From 2019 to 2026
982 In all 9 parks
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Rosy Pipit

The Rosy pipit (Anthus roseatus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, South Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam. Birdlife International (English WIkipedia) Wikipedia →

Sounds

Alarm call0:34

China · 2012

© Geoff Carey · XC728357 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:13

China · 2019

© Peter Boesman · XC491116 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Recording0:04

India · 2024

© shivaprakash · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
2 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~10%
3 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
~10%
4 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~10%
5 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
6 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
<5%
7 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
8 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kathmandu 🇳🇵 Nepal
~10%
2 Jammu 🇮🇳 India
<5%
3 Kunming 🇨🇳 China
<5%
4 Srinagar 🇮🇳 India
<5%
5 Chengdu 🇨🇳 China
<5%
6 Guwahati 🇮🇳 India
<5%
7 Islamabad 🇵🇰 Pakistan
<5%
8 Kolkata 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Dehradun 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 New Delhi 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Rosy Pipit in Chitwan National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rosy Pipit sighting in Chitwan National Park on a given day, based on 178 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 124th most-seen of the 367 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Rosy Pipit in Chitwan National Park?

January to March

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rosy Pipit in Chitwan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and July–October, the lowest months. Those are among Chitwan National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 660 mm in July.

What time of day is best to see a Rosy Pipit?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rosy Pipit sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Rosy Pipit live in Chitwan National Park?

Same genus: Anthus

The closest relatives of the Rosy Pipit that you can see in Chitwan National Park (genus Anthus, Pipits) are Oriental Pipit (about 40%) and Olive-backed Pipit (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Rosy Pipit sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Rosy Pipit is recorded against all the birds logged in Chitwan National Park (178 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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