Coccopygia quartinia
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The yellow-bellied waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia) is a species of estrildid finch native to East Africa. The bird is now named yellow-bellied swee. It breeds in east central and south-eastern Africa. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the swee waxbill.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 5 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 9 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 11 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 2 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Waxbill sighting in Kigali on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 196th most-seen of the 244 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.
April
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Waxbill in Kigali on a given day, against under 5% in May to March, the lowest months. That is one of Kigali's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain against 30 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-bellied Waxbill 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 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Yellow-bellied Waxbill sightings, Kigali ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia, about 10%).
Same family: Estrildidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-bellied Waxbill that you can see in Kigali (family Estrildidae, Waxbills and Allies) are Bronze Mannikin (about 60%), Red-billed Firefinch (about 30%) and Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-bellied Waxbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Kigali (13 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.
