Scotocerca inquieta
In 3 days ~10%
The streaked scrub warbler (Scotocerca inquieta), also known simply as the scrub warbler, is a small passerine bird in the family Cettiidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Scotocerca. It is found in northern Africa and south-western Asia. It is a bird of desert fringes, frequenting scrubby areas, ravines and gorges, and is mainly resident, although local movements can occur outside the breeding season.
The genus is basal in the Cettiidae and has sometimes been separated into its own family Scotocercidae. The streaked scrub warbler was formally described and illustrated in 1830 by the German physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar under the binomial name Malurus inquietus. This species is now the only bird placed in the genus Scotocerca that was introduced in 1872 by the Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall with the streaked scrub warbler as the type species. The genus name Scotocerca combines the Ancient Greek skotos meaning "dark" or "darkness" (from skotoō "to darken") with kerkos meaning "tail". The specific inquieta is from Latin inquietus meaning "restless". The genus has sometimes been placed in its own family Scotocercidae that was introduced in 2012... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Cairo | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Scrub-Warbler sighting in Cairo on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 92 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Scrub-Warbler in Cairo on a given day, against under 5% in April to February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streaked Scrub-Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cairo, in our data
Cairo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Streaked Scrub-Warbler sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Streaked Scrub-Warbler that you can see in Cairo (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Hooded Crow (about 90%), House Sparrow (about 90%) and Barn Swallow (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streaked Scrub-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Cairo (5 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.
