Zosterops stuhlmanni
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The green white-eye (Zosterops stuhlmanni) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The green white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the African yellow white-eye (since renamed the northern yellow white-eye) (Zosterops senegalensis). It is now considered as a separate species based in part on the phylogenetic relationships determined in a 2013 molecular study.
Four subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 9 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green White-eye sighting in Kigali on a given day, based on 102 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 98th most-seen of the 244 birds 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.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green White-eye in Kigali on a given day, against under 5% in August and December, the lowest months. That is one of Kigali's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain against 30 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green White-eye sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Green White-eye sightings, Kigali ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kampala (Uganda, about 30%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Green White-eye that you can see in Kigali (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Common Bulbul (about 80%), White-browed Robin-Chat (about 80%) and Bronze Mannikin (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green White-eye is recorded against all the birds logged in Kigali (102 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.
