Eremomela scotops
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The green-capped eremomela or greencap eremomela (Eremomela scotops) is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now placed in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.
Green-capped eremomela - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 3 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 7 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 12 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 13 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Greencap Eremomela sighting in Gonarezhou National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 199th most-seen of the 233 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.
August to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Greencap Eremomela in Gonarezhou National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, May, July and November, the lowest months. Those are among Gonarezhou National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 150 mm in January. March–April, June and December–January have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Greencap Eremomela sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Greencap Eremomela sightings, Gonarezhou National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mikumi National Park (Tanzania, about 20%), Liwonde National Park (Malawi, about 10%) and Akagera National Park (Rwanda, about 10%).
Same family: Cisticolidae
The closest relatives of the Greencap Eremomela that you can see in Gonarezhou National Park (family Cisticolidae, Cisticolas and Allies) are Green-backed Camaroptera (about 50%), Rattling Cisticola (about 30%) and Tawny-flanked Prinia (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Greencap Eremomela is recorded against all the birds logged in Gonarezhou National Park (8 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.
