Tychaedon coryphoeus
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
Recording1:24
South Africa · 2021
© Marion Maclean · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
Recording0:16
South Africa · 2023
© Mahomed Desai · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
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South Africa · 2025
© Jeffrey H. Skevington · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Karoo Scrub-Robin sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 144th most-seen of the 196 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Karoo Scrub-Robin in Cape Town on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Karoo Scrub-Robin sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cape Town, in our data
Cape Town is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Karoo Scrub-Robin sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Karoo Scrub-Robin that you can see in Cape Town (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Cape Robin-Chat (about 40%), African Dusky Flycatcher (about 10%) and Fiscal Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Karoo Scrub-Robin is recorded against all the birds logged in Cape Town (35 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.
