Creamstriped Owl

Creamstriped Owl

Cyligramma latona

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Addo Elephant National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

14 Verified sightings at Addo Elephant National Park From 2019 to 2026
322 In all 16 parks
May Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Creamstriped Owl

Cyligramma latona, the cream-striped owl, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~30%
2 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
~20%
3 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~20%
4 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
5 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
6 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
7 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
8 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
9 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
10 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
11 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~10%
12 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
~10%
13 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~10%
14 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
15 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
16 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Pretoria 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
2 Johannesburg 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
3 Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
~20%
4 Kampala 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
5 Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
~10%
6 Durban 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
7 Harare 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~10%
8 Cape Town 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Creamstriped Owl in Addo Elephant National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Creamstriped Owl sighting in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 53rd most-seen of the 198 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Creamstriped Owl in Addo Elephant National Park?

April and May

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Creamstriped Owl in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Creamstriped Owl?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Creamstriped Owl sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Addo Elephant National Park the best place to see a Creamstriped Owl?

15th of 16

Of the 16 parks where we can rate Creamstriped Owl sightings, Addo Elephant National Park ranks 15th at about 10%. The best odds are in Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 30%), Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique, about 20%) and Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Creamstriped Owl live in Addo Elephant National Park?

Same family: Erebidae

The closest relatives of the Creamstriped Owl that you can see in Addo Elephant National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Angled Gem (about 10%), Amata kuhlweini (about 10%) and Lienard's Achaea (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Creamstriped Owl sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Creamstriped Owl is recorded against all the insects logged in Addo Elephant National Park (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.

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