Sylvia lugens
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on John Cox's illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The brown parisoma or brown warbler (Curruca lugens) is an Old World warbler of the family Sylviidae found in eastern Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 2 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 2 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Warbler sighting in Bale Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 56th most-seen of the 117 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Warbler in Bale Mountains National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February, April–June, October and December, the lowest months. March and September have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Brown Warbler sightings, Bale Mountains National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Nairobi National Park (Kenya, under 5%) and Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania, under 5%).
Same family: Sylviidae
The closest relatives of the Brown Warbler that you can see in Bale Mountains National Park (family Sylviidae, Sylviid Warblers and Allies) are Abyssinian Catbird (about 20%) and Pseudoalcippe abyssinica (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Bale Mountains National Park (27 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.
