Geositta maritima
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The greyish miner (Geositta maritima) is a species of bird in the subfamily Sclerurinae, the leaftossers and miners, of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Chile and Peru. The greyish miner is monotypic. The greyish miner is a smallish member of its genus. It is 12 to 15 cm (4.7 to 5.9 in) long and weighs about 16 to 17 g (0.56 to 0.60 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults have a pale gray-brown face with a faint creamy supercilium. Their upperparts are pale gray-brown. Their central tail feathers are also gray-brown. The rest are black with white outer webs on the outermost pair. Their wing coverts are gray-brown with wide sandy brown edges and their flight feathers are dusky brown. Their chin and throat are white and the rest of their underparts are creamy white with pinkish buff flanks. Their iris is brown and their short straight bill, legs, and feet are slate gray to black. Juveniles are similar to adults but overall buffier.
The greyish miner is primarily a coastal bird though it does occasionally range somewhat inland on the coastal plain. It occurs in a fairly narrow band from at least Peru... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Grayish Miner sighting in Lauca National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 108th most-seen of the 112 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grayish Miner in Lauca National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February to December, the lowest months. That is one of Lauca National Park's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against almost none in May.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grayish Miner sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Lauca National Park, in our data
Lauca National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Grayish Miner sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grayish Miner is recorded against all the birds logged in Lauca National Park (7 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.
