Sylvietta brachyura
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The northern crombec (Sylvietta brachyura) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
Its natural habitat is dry savanna. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 5 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 8 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 9 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 13 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dakar | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 3 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 4 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 5 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | |
| 6 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Crombec sighting in Dakar on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 81st most-seen of the 152 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February to April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Crombec in Dakar on a given day, against about 10% in May to January, the lowest months. Those are among Dakar's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in August.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Northern Crombec sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Northern Crombec sightings, Dakar has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Serrekunda (Gambia, about 10%) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Northern Crombec that you can see in Dakar (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Pied Crow (about 80%), House Sparrow (about 60%) and Red-billed Quelea (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Crombec is recorded against all the birds logged in Dakar (31 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.
