Passer diffusus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The southern grey-headed sparrow (Passer diffusus) is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the grey-headed sparrow. It is found in savanna and woodland in Angola and Zambia southwards into South Africa, where it is expanding its range and is kept as a caged bird, like its relative the white-rumped seedeater.
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Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Gray-headed Sparrow sighting in Pretoria on a given day, based on 319 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 17th most-seen of the 177 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June, August and November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Gray-headed Sparrow in Pretoria on a given day, against about 20% in September, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Gray-headed Sparrow sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Southern Gray-headed Sparrow sightings, Pretoria ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in Harare (Zimbabwe, about 50%).
Same genus: Passer
The closest relatives of the Southern Gray-headed Sparrow that you can see in Pretoria (genus Passer, True Sparrows) are Cape Sparrow (about 70%) and House Sparrow (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Gray-headed Sparrow is recorded against all the birds logged in Pretoria (319 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.
