Common Jery

Common Jery

Neomixis tenella

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Ankarana National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

10 Verified sightings at Ankarana National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,022 In all 6 parks
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Common Jery

The common jery (Neomixis tenella) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

It was first described in 1866 by Gustav Hartlaub.

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Sounds

Song0:12

Madagascar · 2025

© Frank Lambert · XC1065569 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call1:08

Madagascar · 2024

© Francesco Barberini · XC937080 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:13

Madagascar · 2012

© Peter Boesman · XC762875 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kirindy Mitea National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~90%
2 Berenty Reserve 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~70%
3 Ankarafantsika National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~60%
4 Ranomafana National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~40%
5 Mantadia National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~30%
6 Ankarana National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~20%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Antananarivo 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Common Jery in Ankarana National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Jery sighting in Ankarana National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 40 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.

What time of day is best to see a Common Jery?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Jery sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Common Jery live in Ankarana National Park?

Same order: Passeriformes

The closest relatives of the Common Jery that you can see in Ankarana National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Madagascar Magpie-Robin (about 60%), Crested Drongo (about 60%) and Madagascar Bulbul (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Common Jery sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Common Jery is recorded against all the birds logged in Ankarana National Park (10 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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