Cyligramma latona
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Cyligramma latona, the cream-striped owl, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 3 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 12 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 13 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 14 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 15 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 16 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 4 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 8 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Creamstriped Owl sighting in Harare on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 76th most-seen of the 93 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Creamstriped Owl in Harare on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Harare's wettest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against almost none in August.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Creamstriped Owl sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
7th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Creamstriped Owl sightings, Harare ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Pretoria (South Africa, about 30%), Johannesburg (South Africa, about 30%) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia, about 20%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Creamstriped Owl that you can see in Harare (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Sundowner Moth (about 10%) and Jigsaw (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Creamstriped Owl is recorded against all the insects logged in Harare (5 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.
