Estrilda nonnula
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The black-crowned waxbill (Estrilda nonnula) is a common species of estrildid finch found in western-central Africa. Cameroon BirdLife International species factsheet Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 7 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-crowned Waxbill sighting in Kampala on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 188th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-crowned Waxbill in Kampala on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-crowned Waxbill sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Black-crowned Waxbill sightings, Kampala ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Yaoundé (Cameroon, about 70%) and Kigali (Rwanda, about 10%).
Same family: Estrildidae
The closest relatives of the Black-crowned Waxbill that you can see in Kampala (family Estrildidae, Waxbills and Allies) are Bronze Mannikin (about 30%), Red-billed Firefinch (about 20%) and Black-and-white Mannikin (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-crowned Waxbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Kampala (31 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.
