Anthus nattereri
Silhouette: Susan Murphy (original photograph), T. Michael Keesey (vectorization) · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The ochre-breasted pipit (Anthus nattereri) is a Vulnerable species of bird in the family Motacillidae, the wagtails and pipits. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The ochre-breasted pipit was originally described by Philip Sclater in 1878 with its current binomial Anthus nattereri. What is now the type specimen had originally been identified as a correndera pipit (A. correndera) but Sclater noted enough differences to reclassify the bird. His specific epithet honors Johann Natterer, who had collected the type specimen.
The ochre-breasted pipit is monotypic. The ochre-breasted pipit is 13.5 to 15 cm (5.3 to 5.9 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a blackish brown head with a yellow-buff supercilium, a thin dark "moustache", and a black spot on the cheek. Their upperparts and wings are mostly blackish brown with bright buff or golden ochraceous-yellow feather edges that give a bold streaked appearance. Their rump is more rufous and less streaked than their back. Their tail's inner three pairs of feathers are dark brown. The next pair outward are medium brown with white tips, the next brownish white... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Ochre-breasted Pipit sighting in Iberá National Park on a given day, based on 48 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 219th most-seen of the 284 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.
January and April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ochre-breasted Pipit in Iberá National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and May–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ochre-breasted Pipit sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Ochre-breasted Pipit sightings, Iberá National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Serra da Canastra National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same genus: Anthus
The closest relatives of the Ochre-breasted Pipit that you can see in Iberá National Park (genus Anthus, Pipits) are Yellowish Pipit (about 20%) and Hellmayr's Pipit (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ochre-breasted Pipit is recorded against all the birds logged in Iberá National Park (48 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.
