Finschia novaeseelandiae
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The pīpipi (Mohoua novaeseelandiae), also known as brown creeper or New Zealand creeper, is a small passerine bird endemic to the South Island, Stewart Island and their surrounding islands, in New Zealand. It was called the New Zealand titmouse in the 1780s. It is a specialist insectivore, gleaning insects from branches and leaves. They have strong legs and toes for hanging upside down while feeding.
The pīpipi was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the tits in the genus Parus and coined the binomial name Parus novaeseelandiae. Gmelin based his description on the "New-Zealand titmouse" that had been described in 1783 by the English ornithologist John Latham in his book A General Synopsis of Birds. The naturalist Joseph Banks had provided Latham with a watercolour painting of the bird by Georg Forster who had accompanied James Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific Ocean. The specimen had been collected in 1773 at Dusky Sound on the southwest coast of New Zealand. This picture is now the holotype for the species and is in the collection... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur's Pass National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 4 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Pipipi sighting in Rakiura National Park on a given day, based on 838 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 80 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Pipipi in Rakiura National Park on a given day, against about 30% in September, the lowest month.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pipipi sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Pipipi sightings, Rakiura National Park ranks 2nd at about 50%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Arthur's Pass National Park (New Zealand, about 50%).
Same family: Acanthizidae
The closest relatives of the Pipipi that you can see in Rakiura National Park (family Acanthizidae, Thornbills and Allies) are Grey Warbler (about 60%) and Mōhua (Yellowhead) (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pipipi is recorded against all the birds logged in Rakiura National Park (838 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.
