Anthus trivialis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) is a small passerine bird that breeds throughout most of Europe and the Palearctic as far east as the East Siberian Mountains. It is a long-distance migrant, migrating in winter to Africa and southern Asia. The scientific name is from Latin: anthus is the name of a small bird of grasslands, and the specific trivialis means "common".
The breeding habitat is open woodland and scrub. The nest is placed on the ground and usually 4–6 eggs are laid. This species is insectivorous like its relatives, but will also eat seeds. The tree pipit was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Alauda trivialis. Linnaeus noted that the species occurred in Sweden. The specific epithet trivialis is Latin meaning "common" or "ordinary" from Latin trivium meaning "public street". The tree pipit is now placed in the genus Anthus that was introduced in 1805 by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein.
Two subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kuwait City | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | |
| 3 | Nashik | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Abu Dhabi | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 5 | Istanbul | 🇹🇷 Turkey | |
| 6 | Ludhiana | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Jerusalem | 🇮🇱 Israel | |
| 8 | Ramallah | 🇵🇸 Palestine | |
| 9 | Vasai-Virar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Tel Aviv | 🇮🇱 Israel |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tree Pipit sighting in Vasai-Virar on a given day, based on 89 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 102nd most-seen of the 217 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tree Pipit in Vasai-Virar on a given day, against under 5% in March to September, the lowest months. That is one of Vasai-Virar's driest months, with almost no rain against 840 mm in July.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tree 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 64 cities where we can rate Tree Pipit sightings, Vasai-Virar ranks 9th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kalyan-Dombivli (India, about 10%), Kuwait City (Kuwait, about 10%) and Nashik (India, about 10%).
Same genus: Anthus
The closest relatives of the Tree Pipit that you can see in Vasai-Virar (genus Anthus, Pipits) are Oriental Pipit (about 40%), Tawny Pipit (about 10%) and Richard's Pipit (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tree Pipit is recorded against all the birds logged in Vasai-Virar (89 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.
