Lagonosticta rhodopareia
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Jameson's firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia) is a common species of estrildid finch, sparsely spread across sub-Saharan Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,600,000 km2. BirdLife International species factsheet
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 10 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 11 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 12 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 14 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 15 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 16 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 17 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 18 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 19 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 20 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Jameson's Firefinch sighting in Chobe National Park on a given day, based on 50 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 215th 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 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jameson's Firefinch in Chobe National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–August, the lowest months. Those are among Chobe National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 150 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jameson's Firefinch sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
15th of 20
Of the 20 parks where we can rate Jameson's Firefinch sightings, Chobe National Park ranks 15th at under 5%. The best odds are in Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 20%), Mana Pools National Park (Zimbabwe, about 10%) and Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Jameson's Firefinch is recorded against all the birds logged in Chobe National Park (50 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.
