Turdoides hartlaubii
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Hartlaub's babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii) or the Angola babbler, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae, which is native to south central Africa. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German physician and ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub.
The species is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, DRC, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Hartlaub's babbler - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 2 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 3 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lubango | 🇦🇴 Angola |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hartlaub's Babbler sighting in Chobe National Park on a given day, based on 83 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 170th most-seen of the 373 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hartlaub's Babbler in Chobe National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May, July–September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Chobe National Park's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against almost none in May.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hartlaub's Babbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Hartlaub's Babbler sightings, Chobe National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Moremi Game Reserve (Botswana, about 30%) and Kafue National Park (Zambia, about 10%).
Same genus: Turdoides
The closest relatives of the Hartlaub's Babbler that you can see in Chobe National Park (genus Turdoides, Turdoides Babblers) are Arrow-marked Babbler (about 30%) and Southern Pied-Babbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hartlaub's Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Chobe National Park (83 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.
