Ploceus tricolor
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days <5%
The yellow-mantled weaver (Ploceus tricolor) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is sparsely distributed across the African tropical rainforest. Media related to Ploceus tricolor at Wikimedia Commons Yellow-mantled weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-mantled Weaver sighting in Kampala on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 285th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-mantled Weaver in Kampala on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-mantled Weaver sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kampala, in our data
Kampala is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow-mantled Weaver sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ploceus
The closest relatives of the Yellow-mantled Weaver that you can see in Kampala (genus Ploceus, Typical Weavers) are Village Weaver (about 30%), Vieillot's Weaver (about 20%) and Golden-backed Weaver (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-mantled Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Kampala (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.
