Rollandia rolland
Silhouette: Edwin Price · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The white-tufted grebe (Rollandia rolland), also known as Rolland's grebe, is a species of grebe in the family Podicipedidae. Found in the southern and western South America, its natural habitat is freshwater lakes, ponds and sluggish rivers and streams.
Historically it was often recognized as a separate species, to which the common name Rolland's grebe has been applied (leaving the name white-tufted grebe for the South American mainland... Wikipedia →
Call0:10
Argentina · 2005
© Bernabe Lopez-Lanus · XC45665 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 4 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-tufted Grebe sighting in Lima on a given day, based on 351 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 91st most-seen of the 171 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April–July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-tufted Grebe in Lima on a given day, against under 5% in March, August–September and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-tufted Grebe sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate White-tufted Grebe sightings, Lima ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Cochabamba (Bolivia, about 40%), Buenos Aires (Argentina, about 20%) and Montevideo (Uruguay, about 20%).
Same family: Podicipedidae
The closest relatives of the White-tufted Grebe that you can see in Lima (family Podicipedidae, Grebes) are Great Grebe (about 20%) and Pied-billed Grebe (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-tufted Grebe is recorded against all the birds logged in Lima (351 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.
