Estrilda kandti
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Kandt's waxbill (Estrilda kandti) is a species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the black-headed waxbill. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.7. Downloaded from [1] Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 5 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Kandt's Waxbill sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 122 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 185th most-seen of the 400 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Kandt's Waxbill in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–July and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Kandt's Waxbill sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Kandt's Waxbill sightings, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda, about 30%), Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 20%) and Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Kandt's Waxbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (122 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.
