Crithagra hyposticta
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The southern citril (Crithagra hyposticta or Serinus hyposticus) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is endemic to the eastern Afromontane. The southern citril was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the southern citril were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilongwe | 🇲🇼 Malawi |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Citril sighting in Lilongwe on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 30th most-seen of the 52 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.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Citril in Lilongwe on a given day, against about 10% in June–September and November–April, the lowest months. That is one of Lilongwe's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 310 mm in January. October has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Citril 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 Lilongwe, in our data
Lilongwe is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Southern Citril sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Citril is recorded against all the birds logged in Lilongwe (8 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.
