Muscicapa aquatica
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The swamp flycatcher or swamp alseonax (Muscicapa aquatica) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. Its range stretches east across the Sudan (region) and south towards Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and swamps. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 7 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 9 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Swamp Flycatcher sighting in Kampala on a given day, based on 223 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 94th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and September–October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Swamp Flycatcher in Kampala on a given day, against about 10% in August and November–June, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Swamp Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Swamp Flycatcher sightings, Kampala ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kigali (Rwanda, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Swamp Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Kampala (223 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.
