Tychaedon coryphoeus
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Recording1:24
South Africa · 2021
© Marion Maclean · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
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South Africa · 2023
© Mahomed Desai · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
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South Africa · 2025
© Jeffrey H. Skevington · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Karoo Scrub-Robin sighting in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, based on 159 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 54th most-seen of the 243 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and August–November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Karoo Scrub-Robin in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Karoo Scrub-Robin sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Karoo Scrub-Robin sightings, Addo Elephant National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in West Coast National Park (South Africa, about 70%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Karoo Scrub-Robin that you can see in Addo Elephant National Park (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Fiscal Flycatcher (about 40%), Cape Robin-Chat (about 30%) and Southern Anteater-Chat (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Karoo Scrub-Robin is recorded against all the birds logged in Addo Elephant National Park (159 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.
