Anthus chii
Silhouette: Susan Murphy (original photograph), T. Michael Keesey (vectorization) · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The yellowish pipit (Anthus chii) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae, the wagtails and pipits. It is found in Panama and in every mainland South American country except Ecuador and Chile. The yellowish pipit was described in 1818 with the binomial Anthus chii. For much of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first it bore the binomial Anthus lutescens. A paper published in 2021 showed that by the principle of priority its original binomial was correct and taxonomic systems soon made the change.
What is now the Peruvian pipit (A. peruvianus) was previously treated as a third subspecies. It was separated based on a study published in 2018. The yellowish pipit is one of the smallest members of genus Anthus, and is unusually long-legged and short-tailed. It is 10.5 to 14 cm (4.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 13 to 18 g (0.46 to 0.63 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. In fresh plumage adults have a dark brown head with a very pale supercilium and a thin white eye-ring. Their upperparts are dark brown with buff... Wikipedia →
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Brazil · 2020
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellowish Pipit sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 435 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 117th most-seen of the 353 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellowish Pipit in São Paulo on a given day, against under 5% in June–September and November–April, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellowish 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 10 cities where we can rate Yellowish Pipit sightings, São Paulo ranks 3rd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Curitiba (Brazil, under 5%) and Asuncion (Paraguay, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Yellowish Pipit that you can see in São Paulo (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Great Kiskadee (over 90%), Sayaca Tanager (about 90%) and Rufous-bellied Thrush (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellowish Pipit is recorded against all the birds logged in São Paulo (435 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.
