Anthus hellmayri
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Hellmayr's pipit (Anthus hellmayri) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae, the wagtails and pipits. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Hellmayr's pipit was described by Ernst Hartert in 1909 with its current binomial Anthus hellmayri. Hartert's specific epithet hellmayri honors Austrian ornithologist Carl Eduard Hellmayr; its English name came later.
Hellmayr's pipit has these three subspecies: Some authors suggest that genetic differences among the subspecies are large enough that two full species may be present. Hellmayr's pipit is about 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long. Subspecies A. h. brasilianus weighs 16.5 to 20 g (0.58 to 0.71 oz) The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies A. h. hellmayri have a pale buff head with a paler area around the eye. Their upperparts are pale buff with bold blackish brown streaks. Their wings are dusky with whitish edges on the primaries and tertials and buff edges on the secondaries. Their wing coverts have buff edges that... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hellmayr's Pipit sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 66 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 209th most-seen of the 274 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hellmayr's Pipit in Buenos Aires on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hellmayr's 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.
Among the best
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Hellmayr's Pipit sightings, Buenos Aires ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Curitiba (Brazil, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Hellmayr's Pipit that you can see in Buenos Aires (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Great Kiskadee (about 90%), Rufous Hornero (about 90%) and Rufous-bellied Thrush (about 90%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hellmayr's Pipit is recorded against all the birds logged in Buenos Aires (66 verified sightings), 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.
