Rollandia rolland
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The white-tufted grebe (Rollandia rolland), also known as Rolland's grebe, is a species of grebe in the family Podicipedidae. Found in the southern and western South America, its natural habitat is freshwater lakes, ponds and sluggish rivers and streams.
Historically it was often recognized as a separate species, to which the common name Rolland's grebe has been applied (leaving the name white-tufted grebe for the South American mainland... Wikipedia →
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Argentina · 2005
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 4 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-tufted Grebe sighting in Lauca National Park on a given day, based on 97 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 68th most-seen of the 112 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February, April, July and October–November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-tufted Grebe in Lauca National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March, May–June, August–September and December, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-tufted Grebe sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate White-tufted Grebe sightings, Lauca National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Torres del Paine National Park (Chile, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-tufted Grebe is recorded against all the birds logged in Lauca National Park (97 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.
