Eremomela scotops
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The green-capped eremomela or greencap eremomela (Eremomela scotops) is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now placed in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.
Green-capped eremomela - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 3 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 7 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 12 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 13 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Greencap Eremomela sighting in Harare on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 128th most-seen of the 213 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Greencap Eremomela in Harare on a given day, against under 5% in April–June, August–September and November–February, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Greencap Eremomela sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Harare, in our data
Harare is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Greencap Eremomela sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cisticolidae
The closest relatives of the Greencap Eremomela that you can see in Harare (family Cisticolidae, Cisticolas and Allies) are Tawny-flanked Prinia (about 20%), Bar-throated Apalis (about 20%) and Red-faced Cisticola (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Greencap Eremomela is recorded against all the birds logged in Harare (26 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.
