Eremomela pusilla
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The Senegal eremomela (Eremomela pusilla) is a member of the African warbler family, the Cisticolidae. It occurs in the savannas of western Sub-Saharan Africa. The Senegal eremomela was described by the German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub in 1857 and given its current binomial name Eremomela pusilla. The type locality is Senegal. The species has been treated as conspecific with the green-backed eremomela, as they hybridizes in a narrow zone of sympatry along the Cameroon-Central African Republic border.
The Senegal eremomela is a small bird with a pale brownish grey head and a pale white supercilium. The back and mantle are green, becoming a brighter yellowish green on the rump, the throat and upper breast are white becoming bright lemon yellow on the lower breast, belly and vent. Blackish bill with a pale lower mandible and pale brownish legs.
The territorial call is a rarely heard harsh and rapid chattering. It trills constantly when foraging. It joins the morning chorus with a dull monotonous and rhythmic "whup-whup-whup" sand from a perch before and at the start of the breeding season.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 2 | Dakar | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 3 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 4 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 5 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | |
| 6 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Senegal Eremomela sighting in Dakar on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 73rd most-seen of the 152 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.
February–April and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Senegal Eremomela in Dakar on a given day, against about 10% in January and May–November, the lowest months. Those are among Dakar's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in August.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Senegal Eremomela sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Senegal Eremomela sightings, Dakar ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, about 30%).
Same family: Cisticolidae
The closest relatives of the Senegal Eremomela that you can see in Dakar (family Cisticolidae, Cisticolas and Allies) are Zitting Cisticola (about 20%), Tawny-flanked Prinia (about 20%) and Green-backed Camaroptera (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Senegal Eremomela is recorded against all the birds logged in Dakar (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.
