Prinia bairdii
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The banded prinia (Prinia bairdii) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
The banded prinia was formally described in 1855 by the American ornithologist John Cassin based on a specimen that had been collected by the French-American naturalist Paul Du Chaillu near the Mondah River in northwest Gabon. Cassin coined the binomial name Drymoica bairdii where the specific epithet was chosen to honour the naturalist and museum curator Spencer Fullerton Baird. The banded prinia is now one of 29 species placed in the genus Prinia that was introduced by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield in 1821.
Four subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 4 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yaoundé | 🇨🇲 Cameroon |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Prinia sighting in Yaoundé on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 65th most-seen of the 72 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, August and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Prinia in Yaoundé on a given day, against under 5% in April, September and December–February, the lowest months. March and June–July have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Banded Prinia sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Yaoundé, in our data
Yaoundé is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Banded Prinia sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Banded Prinia is recorded against all the birds logged in Yaoundé (5 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.
