Common Jery

Common Jery

Neomixis tenella

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely
at Berenty Reserve

In 3 days >90%

151 Verified sightings at Berenty Reserve From 2019 to 2026
1,004 In all 4 parks
November Best month
🌅 Crepuscular 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. Wikipedia →

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 Berenty Reserve 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~70%
2 Ankarafantsika National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~60%
3 Ranomafana National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~40%
4 Mantadia National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~30%

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 Berenty Reserve?

Very likely

About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Common Jery sighting in Berenty Reserve on a given day, based on 151 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 63 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

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

Between 5 and 8 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Jery sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

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 Berenty Reserve (151 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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