Pteroptochos tarnii
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The black-throated huet-huet Spanish pronunciation: [wet wet] (Pteroptochos tarnii) is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in southern/central Chile and adjacent western Argentina. Its natural habitat is temperate forest.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Huet-huet sighting in Nahuel Huapi National Park on a given day, based on 223 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 39th most-seen of the 111 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Huet-huet in Nahuel Huapi National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January, April, June–August and October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-throated Huet-huet 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 Black-throated Huet-huet sightings, Nahuel Huapi National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park (Chile, about 30%).
Same family: Rhinocryptidae
The closest relatives of the Black-throated Huet-huet that you can see in Nahuel Huapi National Park (family Rhinocryptidae, Tapaculos) are Chucao Tapaculo (about 40%) and Magellanic Tapaculo (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-throated Huet-huet is recorded against all the birds logged in Nahuel Huapi National Park (223 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.
