Cercotrichas podobe
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The black scrub robin (Cercotrichas podobe) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to the Sahel and montane Arabian Peninsula. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Scrub-Robin sighting in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 138th most-seen of the 173 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black Scrub-Robin in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary's driest months, with almost no rain against 55 mm in August. May to October have too few records to rate.
Only Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, in our data
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black Scrub-Robin sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Black Scrub-Robin that you can see in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are African Stonechat (about 40%), Northern Wheatear (about 20%) and Rufous Bush Chat (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black Scrub-Robin is recorded against all the birds logged in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (11 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.
