Tychaedon coryphoeus
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Recording1:24
South Africa · 2021
© Marion Maclean · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
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South Africa · 2023
© Mahomed Desai · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
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South Africa · 2025
© Jeffrey H. Skevington · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Karoo Scrub-Robin sighting in De Hoop Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 59 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 105th most-seen of the 189 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Karoo Scrub-Robin in De Hoop Nature Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in February, the lowest month. June has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Karoo Scrub-Robin sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Karoo Scrub-Robin sightings, De Hoop Nature Reserve ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in West Coast National Park (South Africa, about 70%) and Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa, about 20%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Karoo Scrub-Robin that you can see in De Hoop Nature Reserve (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Cape Robin-Chat (about 60%), Capped Wheatear (about 60%) and Fiscal Flycatcher (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Karoo Scrub-Robin is recorded against all the birds logged in De Hoop Nature Reserve (59 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
