Cossypha niveicapilla
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The snowy-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha niveicapilla) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is also known as the snowy-headed robin-chat. Its disjunct range extends across the northern half of Sub-Saharan Africa (rare in the Horn of Africa).
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and moist savanna. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 5 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 8 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 9 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 10 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 2 | Brazzaville | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 3 | Yaoundé | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | |
| 4 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 6 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 7 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 8 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disney's Animal Kingdom | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Pairi Daiza | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 4 | Barcelona Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | San Diego Zoo Safari Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Sedgwick County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Chester Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Burgers' Ocean | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 10 | Royal Burgers' Zoo | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 11 | Woodland Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Fort Worth Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Zoo Opole | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 14 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Zoo Atlanta | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Riverbanks Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Aquarama Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 18 | Lincoln Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 19 | Wonder world | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 20 | Volière | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 21 | Waddesdon Aviary | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat sighting in Ouagadougou on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 40th most-seen of the 86 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat in Ouagadougou on a given day, against about 20% in March–April, September and December–January, the lowest months. February, August and November have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat sightings, Ouagadougou has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo, about 20%) and Yaoundé (Cameroon, about 20%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat that you can see in Ouagadougou (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Northern Black-Flycatcher (about 20%) and Common Redstart (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat is recorded against all the birds logged in Ouagadougou (23 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.
