Cossypha polioptera
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The grey-winged robin-chat or grey-winged akalat (Sheppardia polioptera) is a bird in the family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Anton Reichenow in 1892. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Winged Robin Chat sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 432 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 400 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and November–December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Winged Robin Chat in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April and October, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey Winged Robin Chat sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Grey Winged Robin Chat sightings, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 10%).
Same genus: Cossypha
The closest relatives of the Grey Winged Robin Chat that you can see in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (genus Cossypha, Typical Robin-Chats) are Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat (about 10%), White-browed Robin-Chat (about 10%) and Archer's Robin-Chat (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grey Winged Robin Chat is recorded against all the birds logged in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (432 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.
