Jackson's Widowbird

Jackson's Widowbird

Euplectes jacksoni

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Nairobi

In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%

16 Verified sightings at Nairobi
647 In all 5 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Jackson's Widowbird

Jackson's widowbird (Euplectes jacksoni) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Kenya · 2023

© Brendan Sloan · XC798992 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~10%
2 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~10%
3 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
4 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
5 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Jackson's Widowbird in Nairobi?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Jackson's Widowbird sighting in Nairobi on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 173rd most-seen of the 234 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.

When is the best time to see a Jackson's Widowbird in Nairobi?

July

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jackson's Widowbird in Nairobi on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months. That is one of Nairobi's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 150 mm in April.

What time of day is best to see a Jackson's Widowbird?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jackson's Widowbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Jackson's Widowbird?

Only Nairobi, in our data

Nairobi is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Jackson's Widowbird sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Jackson's Widowbird sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Jackson's Widowbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Nairobi (16 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.

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