Ploceus pelzelni
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In 3 days >90%
The slender-billed weaver (Ploceus pelzelni) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is sparsely distributed across equatorial Africa, namely along the shoreline of the Gulf of Guinea and Congo River and the Lake Victoria region.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 3 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 8 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 9 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazzaville | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 2 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-billed Weaver sighting in Brazzaville on a given day, based on 65 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 82 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and October
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-billed Weaver in Brazzaville on a given day, against about 60% in January to March, the lowest months. June has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slender-billed Weaver sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Slender-billed Weaver sightings, Brazzaville has the highest daily chance: about 70%. Next come Kigali (Rwanda, about 20%) and Kampala (Uganda, about 20%).
Same genus: Ploceus
The closest relatives of the Slender-billed Weaver that you can see in Brazzaville (genus Ploceus, Typical Weavers) are Black-necked Weaver (about 30%), Black-headed Weaver (about 10%) and Vieillot's Weaver (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slender-billed Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Brazzaville (65 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.
