Coelonia fulvinotata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Coelonia fulvinotata (also known as the fulvous hawk) is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is known from most habitats throughout the Afrotropical realm, from the Gambia east to Ethiopia and south to northern South Africa and Madagascar. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous Hawk sighting in Garden Route National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 169th most-seen of the 298 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous Hawk in Garden Route National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to November, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fulvous Hawk sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Fulvous Hawk sightings, Garden Route National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 10%) and Table Mountain National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Fulvous Hawk that you can see in Garden Route National Park (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are African Hummingbird Hawkmoth (about 10%), Common Striped Hawkmoth (about 10%) and Cape Hawkmoth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fulvous Hawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Garden Route National Park (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.
