Highland Rush Warbler

Highland Rush Warbler

Bradypterus centralis

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Aberdare National Park

In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%

6 Verified sightings at Aberdare National Park From 2019 to 2026
202 In all 8 parks
November Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Highland Rush Warbler

The highland rush warbler (Bradypterus centralis) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. Although mainly present in the Albertine rift montane forests and the East African montane forests, it is sparsely distributed from Ghana to Ethiopia and Tanzania. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:19

Burundi · 2025

© Bram Piot · XC974807 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Duet0:17

Rwanda · 2023

© Ding Li Yong · XC818435 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:11

Uganda · 2022

© Peter Boesman · XC739446 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~10%
2 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
3 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
4 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
5 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
6 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
7 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
8 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kigali 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~10%
2 Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Highland Rush Warbler in Aberdare National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Highland Rush Warbler sighting in Aberdare National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 205th most-seen of the 217 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Highland Rush Warbler in Aberdare National Park?

November

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Highland Rush Warbler in Aberdare National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Highland Rush Warbler?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Highland Rush Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where does the Highland Rush Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Highland Rush Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Aberdare National Park (6 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.

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