Pteroptochos tarnii
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Huet-huet sighting in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park on a given day, based on 137 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 70 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–June, October and December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Huet-huet in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April and July–August, 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.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Black-throated Huet-huet sightings, Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina, about 20%).
Same family: Rhinocryptidae
The closest relatives of the Black-throated Huet-huet that you can see in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park (family Rhinocryptidae, Tapaculos) are Chucao Tapaculo (about 70%), Magellanic Tapaculo (about 30%) and Ochre-flanked Tapaculo (about 10%), 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 Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park (137 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.
