Common Jery

Common Jery

Neomixis tenella

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Antananarivo

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

138 Verified sightings at Antananarivo
1,004 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
February Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Common Jery

The common jery (Neomixis tenella) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

It was first described in 1866 by Gustav Hartlaub. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:12

Madagascar · 2025

© Frank Lambert · XC1065569 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call1:08

Madagascar · 2024

© Francesco Barberini · XC937080 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:13

Madagascar · 2012

© Peter Boesman · XC762875 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Berenty Reserve 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~70%
2 Ankarafantsika National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~60%
3 Ranomafana National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~40%
4 Mantadia National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~30%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Antananarivo 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Common Jery in Antananarivo?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Jery sighting in Antananarivo on a given day, based on 138 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 36th most-seen of the 69 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Common Jery in Antananarivo?

February

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Common Jery in Antananarivo on a given day, against about 10% in June, August–September and November–January, the lowest months. That is one of Antananarivo's wettest months, with about 380 mm of rain against 45 mm in September.

What time of day is best to see a Common Jery?

Between 5 and 8 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Jery sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Where else can you see a Common Jery?

Only Antananarivo, in our data

Antananarivo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Jery sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Common Jery sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Common Jery is recorded against all the birds logged in Antananarivo (138 verified sightings), 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.

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