Eremomela pusilla
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 Freetown on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 49th 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.
January and June
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Senegal Eremomela in Freetown on a given day, against under 5% in February, May, September and December, the lowest months. March–April, July–August and October–November have too few records to rate.
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.
5th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Senegal Eremomela sightings, Freetown ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, about 30%), Dakar (Senegal, about 10%) and Abuja (Nigeria, about 10%).
Same family: Cisticolidae
The closest relatives of the Senegal Eremomela that you can see in Freetown (family Cisticolidae, Cisticolas and Allies) are Whistling Cisticola (about 10%), Green-backed Camaroptera (about 10%) and Siffling Cisticola (about 10%), 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 Freetown (7 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.
