Anthus correndera
Silhouette: Susan Murphy (original photograph), T. Michael Keesey (vectorization) · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The correndera pipit (Anthus correndera) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae, the wagtails and pipits. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, the Falkland Islands, Peru, Uruguay, and as a vagrant to Paraguay.
The correndera pipit was originally described by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1818 with its current binomial Anthus correndera. Others have proposed that the South Georgia pipit (A. antarcticus) be treated as a sixth subspecies.
The correndera pipit is 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long and weighs about 15 to 26 g (0.53 to 0.92 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a dusky head with a whitish supercilium, a whitish eye-ring, a thin blackish "moustache", and a blackish streak on the cheek. Their upperparts are... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Correndera Pipit sighting in Península Valdés on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 76th most-seen of the 96 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.
October
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Correndera Pipit in Península Valdés on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and November–May, the lowest months. June and July have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Correndera 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.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Correndera Pipit sightings, Península Valdés ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Torres del Paine National Park (Chile, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Correndera Pipit is recorded against all the birds logged in Península Valdés (14 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.
