Zosterops kikuyuensis
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The Kikuyu white-eye (Zosterops kikuyuensis) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of montane white-eye (Z. poliogastrus). It is found in central Kenya, in the Aberdare Mountains and on Mount Kenya. IUCN categorizes it as of least concern. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Kikuyu White-eye sighting in Nairobi on a given day, based on 440 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 234 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August–September and December–January
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Kikuyu White-eye in Nairobi on a given day, against about 10% in February, the lowest month.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Kikuyu White-eye sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Nairobi, in our data
Nairobi is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Kikuyu White-eye sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Kikuyu White-eye is recorded against all the birds logged in Nairobi (440 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.
