Ploceus pelzelni
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The slender-billed weaver (Ploceus pelzelni) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is sparsely distributed across equatorial Africa, namely along the shoreline of the Gulf of Guinea and Congo River and the Lake Victoria region.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 3 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 8 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 9 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazzaville | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 2 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-billed Weaver sighting in Kigali on a given day, based on 256 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 59th most-seen of the 244 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, June, September and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-billed Weaver in Kigali on a given day, against about 10% in May and August, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slender-billed 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.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Slender-billed Weaver sightings, Kigali ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo, about 70%).
Same genus: Ploceus
The closest relatives of the Slender-billed Weaver that you can see in Kigali (genus Ploceus, Typical Weavers) are Village Weaver (about 50%), Black-headed Weaver (about 50%) and Baglafecht Weaver (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slender-billed Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Kigali (256 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.
