Crithagra striolata
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The streaky seedeater (Crithagra striolata) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is native to the eastern Afromontane. The streaky seedeater 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 streaky seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.
In the Degua Tembien mountains, the bird was found to be a breeding resident of woodland edges, scrubland and forest edges. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 4 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 7 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 9 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 13 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 15 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 16 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 17 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 2 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Streaky Seedeater sighting in Nairobi on a given day, based on 803 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 234 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and June–August
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Streaky Seedeater in Nairobi on a given day, against about 40% in February and November, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streaky Seedeater sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Streaky Seedeater sightings, Nairobi ranks 2nd at about 50%. The best odds are in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia, about 60%).
Same genus: Crithagra
The closest relatives of the Streaky Seedeater that you can see in Nairobi (genus Crithagra, African Seedeaters, Serins, Canaries, and Citrils) are African Citril (about 20%) and Reichenow's Seedeater (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streaky Seedeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Nairobi (803 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.
