Scleroptila psilolaema
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The moorland francolin (Scleroptila psilolaema) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is endemic to the Ethiopian montane moorlands. The Elgon francolin of the highlands of Kenya and Uganda was formerly considered a subspecies of S. psilolaema, but was split as a distinct species by the IUCN Red List and BirdLife International in 2014, and by the International Ornithological Congress in 2022 based on a 2019 study. Compared to the moorland francolin, the Elgon francolin is brighter (more rufescent) and lacks black spots to the throat, and also differs in vocalizations. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Moorland Francolin sighting in Bale Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 66 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th 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.
July and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Moorland Francolin in Bale Mountains National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February, April and August, the lowest months. March and September have too few records to rate.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Moorland Francolin sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Bale Mountains National Park, in our data
Bale Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Moorland Francolin sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Moorland Francolin is recorded against all the birds logged in Bale Mountains National Park (66 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.
