Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Bradypterus cinnamomeus

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Bale Mountains National Park

In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%

70 Verified sightings at Bale Mountains National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,336 In all 10 parks
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

The cinnamon bracken warbler (Bradypterus cinnamomeus) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It is native to mountainous regions of East Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Subsong0:21

Kenya · 2026

© Ding Li Yong · XC1180113 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:18

Burundi · 2025

© Bram Piot · XC1021965 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:26

Kenya · 2024

© Peter Boesman · XC947977 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~50%
2 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~40%
3 Bale Mountains National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
~30%
4 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~20%
5 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
~20%
6 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
7 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
8 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
9 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
10 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
~10%
2 Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler in Bale Mountains National Park?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler sighting in Bale Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 26th most-seen of the 117 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler in Bale Mountains National Park?

July

In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler in Bale Mountains National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February and April, the lowest months. That is one of Bale Mountains National Park's wettest months, with about 220 mm of rain against 35 mm in December. March and September have too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler?

Between 6 and 9 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinnamon Bracken-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.

Is Bale Mountains National Park the best place to see a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler?

3rd of 10

Of the 10 parks where we can rate Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler sightings, Bale Mountains National Park ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 50%) and Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 40%). All parks ranked.

Which relatives of the Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler live in Bale Mountains National Park?

Same order: Passeriformes

The closest relatives of the Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler that you can see in Bale Mountains National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Moorland Chat (about 80%), Abyssinian Siskin (about 70%) and Ethiopian Cisticola (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Bale Mountains National Park (70 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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