Anthus correndera
Silhouette: Susan Murphy (original photograph), T. Michael Keesey (vectorization) · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The correndera pipit (Anthus correndera) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae, the wagtails and pipits. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, the Falkland Islands, Peru, Uruguay, and as a vagrant to Paraguay.
The correndera pipit was originally described by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1818 with its current binomial Anthus correndera. Others have proposed that the South Georgia pipit (A. antarcticus) be treated as a sixth subspecies.
The correndera pipit is 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long and weighs about 15 to 26 g (0.53 to 0.92 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a dusky head with a whitish supercilium, a whitish eye-ring, a thin blackish "moustache", and a blackish streak on the cheek. Their upperparts are...
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falkland Islands | 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands | |
| 2 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 3 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Correndera Pipit sighting in Falkland Islands on a given day, based on 462 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 31st most-seen of the 79 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and December–March
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Correndera Pipit in Falkland Islands on a given day, against about 10% in April, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Correndera 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.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Correndera Pipit sightings, Falkland Islands has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Torres del Paine National Park (Chile, about 10%) and Península Valdés (Argentina, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Correndera Pipit that you can see in Falkland Islands (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Austral Thrush (about 70%), Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant (about 60%) and Long-tailed Meadowlark (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Correndera Pipit is recorded against all the birds logged in Falkland Islands (462 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.
