Speckled Mousebird

Where to see

Speckled Mousebird

Colius striatus

Queen Elizabeth National Park leads · 36 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Speckled Mousebird during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~70%
2 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~70%
3 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~70%
4 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~60%
5 De Hoop Nature Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~60%
6 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~60%
7 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~60%
8 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~60%
9 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
~50%
10 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~50%
11 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~50%
12 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~50%
13 uMkhuze Game Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~50%
14 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~50%
15 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~50%
16 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~50%
17 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
18 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~40%
19 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~40%
20 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~40%
21 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~40%
22 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%
23 Golden Gate Highlands National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
24 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~30%
25 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~30%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Speckled Mousebird?

Queen Elizabeth National Park

In Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Speckled Mousebird sighting on a given day, the highest of the 36 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Speckled Mousebird?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February and June–July in Queen Elizabeth National Park (about 80%), July in Akagera National Park (about 80%) and March, May–August and October in Nairobi National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Speckled Mousebird on a given day. Each park's Speckled Mousebird page has the full month-by-month chart.