Campicoloides bifasciatus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The buff-streaked chat or buff-streaked bushchat (Campicoloides bifasciatus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Eswatini. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
Buff-streaked chat - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden Gate Highlands National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-streaked Bushchat sighting in Golden Gate Highlands National Park on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 55th most-seen of the 108 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July–August and October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-streaked Bushchat in Golden Gate Highlands National Park on a given day, against about 10% in June and November–February, the lowest months. Those are among Golden Gate Highlands National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 130 mm in January. March has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buff-streaked Bushchat sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Golden Gate Highlands National Park, in our data
Golden Gate Highlands National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Buff-streaked Bushchat sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Buff-streaked Bushchat that you can see in Golden Gate Highlands National Park (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are African Stonechat (about 70%), Cape Robin-Chat (about 50%) and Familiar Chat (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Buff-streaked Bushchat is recorded against all the birds logged in Golden Gate Highlands National Park (34 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.
