Water Pipit

Water Pipit

Anthus spinoletta

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Hemis National Park
161 Verified records at Hemis National Park
November Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The water pipit (Anthus spinoletta) is a small passerine bird which breeds in the mountains of Southern Europe and the Palearctic eastwards to China. It is a short-distance migrant; many birds move to lower altitudes or wet open lowlands in winter. The water pipit in breeding plumage has greyish-brown upperparts, weakly streaked with darker brown, and pale pink-buff underparts fading to whitish on the lower belly. The head is grey with a broad white supercilium ("eyebrow"), and the outer tail feathers are white. In winter, the head is grey-brown, the supercilium is duller, the upperparts are more streaked, and the underparts are white, streaked lightly with brown on the breast and flanks. There are only minor differences among the three subspecies, the sexes are almost identical, and young birds resemble adults. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Water Pipit sighting in Hemis National Park, based on 161 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

30–40
Jan
40–50
Feb
20–30
Mar
30–40
Apr
5–10
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
10–20
Oct
40–50
Nov
20–30
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
40–50%
2 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
20–30%
3 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
20–30%
4 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
20–30%
5 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
10–20%
6 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
10–20%
7 Hemis National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
8 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
10–20%
9 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
5–10%
10 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
5–10%
11 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
5–10%
12 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
<5%
13 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
14 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
15 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
<5%
16 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
17 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
18 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
19 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
20 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data
21 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Water Pipit in Hemis National Park?

About 16% of wildlife watchers report a Water Pipit sighting in Hemis National Park, based on 161 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Water Pipit in Hemis National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Water Pipit in Hemis National Park in our monthly data.

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