Platysteira cyanea
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The brown-throated wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea), also known as the common wattle-eye or scarlet-spectacled wattle-eye, is a small, insectivorous passerine bird. The wattle-eyes were previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but are now usually separated from that group.
This species breeds in west, central and northeast tropical Africa. This common species is found in secondary forest and other woodland areas, including gardens. The eggs are laid in a small neat lichen and cobweb cup low in a tree or bush.
The adult brown-throated wattle-eye is a stout bird about 14 cm (5.5 in) long. The breeding male has glossy black upperparts, and white underparts with a neat black breast band. There is a strong white wingbar, and fleshy red wattles above the eye.
The females are grey-black above, and also have the white wing bar and red wattles. There is a small patch of white below the bill, and the throat and breast are maroon, separated from the white belly by the black breast band. Young males are washed-out, greyer versions of the female.
These active insect-eating birds are found in pairs or small groups. The ringing call of the brown-throated wattle-eye is a very characteristic six note doo-dd-dum-di-do-do. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 7 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 10 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 11 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 13 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yaoundé | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | |
| 2 | Brazzaville | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 3 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 4 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 6 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | |
| 7 | Lagos | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 8 | Monrovia | 🇱🇷 Liberia | |
| 9 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 10 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-throated Wattle-eye sighting in Serrekunda on a given day, based on 76 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 98th most-seen of the 213 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-throated Wattle-eye in Serrekunda on a given day, against under 5% in March and June, the lowest months. That is one of Serrekunda's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 290 mm in August.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-throated Wattle-eye sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Brown-throated Wattle-eye sightings, Serrekunda ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Yaoundé (Cameroon, about 30%), Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo, about 20%) and Abuja (Nigeria, about 20%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Brown-throated Wattle-eye that you can see in Serrekunda (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Pied Crow (about 90%), Common Bulbul (about 90%) and Beautiful Sunbird (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-throated Wattle-eye is recorded against all the birds logged in Serrekunda (76 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.
