Clytospiza monteiri
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The brown twinspot (Clytospiza monteiri) is a common species of estrildid finch native to Central Africa. It is the only member of the genus Clytospiza. It is 12 cm long. Its underparts are sungold with white spots. The females have a white throat rather than red.
It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,200,000 km2. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern. The brown twinspot is sister to the firefinches in the genus Lagonosticta. BirdLife International species factsheet Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yaoundé | 🇨🇲 Cameroon |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Twinspot 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
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Twinspot in Yaoundé on a given day, against under 5% in April, September and November–February, the lowest months. Those are among Yaoundé's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in January. March and June–July have too few records to rate.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown Twinspot sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all 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 Brown Twinspot sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Estrildidae
The closest relatives of the Brown Twinspot that you can see in Yaoundé (family Estrildidae, Waxbills and Allies) are Black-crowned Waxbill (about 70%), Bronze Mannikin (about 70%) and Black-and-white Mannikin (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown Twinspot 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.
