Seydelia ellioti
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Seydelia ellioti is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1896. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Seydelia ellioti sighting in Nairobi on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 123 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Seydelia ellioti in Nairobi on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May, July–September and December, the lowest months. Those are among Nairobi's wettest months, with about 100 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in July.
Only Nairobi, in our data
Nairobi is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Seydelia ellioti sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Seydelia ellioti that you can see in Nairobi (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Sundowner Moth (about 10%), Creamstriped Owl (about 10%) and Walker's Owl (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Seydelia ellioti is recorded against all the insects logged in Nairobi (6 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.
