Euschistospiza dybowskii
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Dybowski's twinspot (Euschistospiza dybowskii) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 450,000 km2. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
The name of this bird commemorates the French botanist Jean Dybowski. BirdLife Species Factsheet Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dybowski's Twinspot sighting in Freetown on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 44th most-seen of the 79 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dybowski's Twinspot in Freetown on a given day, against under 5% in September and December, the lowest months. March–April, July–August and October–November have too few records to rate.
Only Freetown, in our data
Freetown is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dybowski's Twinspot sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Estrildidae
The closest relatives of the Dybowski's Twinspot that you can see in Freetown (family Estrildidae, Waxbills and Allies) are Bronze Mannikin (about 20%), Red-billed Firefinch (about 10%) and African Firefinch (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dybowski's Twinspot is recorded against all the birds logged in Freetown (8 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.
