Zosterops anderssoni
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The southern yellow white-eye (Zosterops anderssoni) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in parts of southern Africa. It was formerly considered conspecific with the African yellow white-eye. The southern yellow white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the African yellow white-eye (Zosterops senegalensis; renamed the northern yellow white-eye), but it is now considered as a separate species based on the phylogenetic relationships determined in a molecular study in 2013.
Three subspecies are recognised: Its diet consists of insects, fruits, seeds, and grains. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 5 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 7 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 8 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 10 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 11 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 12 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 14 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 15 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 16 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Yellow White-eye sighting in Lilongwe on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 18th 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, July and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Yellow White-eye in Lilongwe on a given day, against about 10% in May–June, August and November–March, the lowest months. Those are among Lilongwe's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month 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 Yellow White-eye sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Southern Yellow White-eye sightings, Lilongwe ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Harare (Zimbabwe, about 20%) and Lusaka (Zambia, about 20%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Southern Yellow White-eye that you can see in Lilongwe (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Pied Crow (about 50%), Common Bulbul (about 40%) and White-browed Robin-Chat (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Yellow White-eye is recorded against all the birds logged in Lilongwe (12 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.
