Anthus cinnamomeus
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In 3 days ~10%
The African pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus) is a fairly small passerine bird belonging to the pipit genus Anthus in the family Motacillidae. It is also known as the grassveld pipit or grassland pipit. It was formerly lumped together with the Richard's, Australian, mountain and paddyfield pipits in a single species, Richard's pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae), but is now often treated as a species in its own right.
It has some defining characteristics, such as light brown feathers on the head and back, dark brown feathers on the lower back and tail, and a white chest. Some 15 subspecies are recognized: A. (c.) camaroonensis Shelley, 1900 – highlands of western Cameroon Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Maputo | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 3 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 10 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Grassveld Pipit sighting in Lake Manyara National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 256th most-seen of the 307 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grassveld Pipit in Lake Manyara National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–October and December–March, the lowest months. Those are among Lake Manyara National Park's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in September.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grassveld 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.
45th of 50
Of the 50 parks where we can rate Grassveld Pipit sightings, Lake Manyara National Park ranks 45th at under 5%. The best odds are in Amboseli National Park (Kenya, about 40%), De Hoop Nature Reserve (South Africa, about 40%) and Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Motacillidae
The closest relatives of the Grassveld Pipit that you can see in Lake Manyara National Park (family Motacillidae, Wagtails and Pipits) are African Pied Wagtail (about 40%) and Mountain Wagtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grassveld Pipit is recorded against all the birds logged in Lake Manyara National Park (10 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.
