Creamstriped Owl

Creamstriped Owl

Cyligramma latona

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Hwange National Park

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~80%

8 Verified sightings at Hwange National Park From 2019 to 2026
322 In all 16 parks
December Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Creamstriped Owl

Cyligramma latona, the cream-striped owl, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~30%
2 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
~20%
3 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~20%
4 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
5 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
6 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
7 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
8 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
9 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
10 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
11 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~10%
12 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
~10%
13 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~10%
14 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
15 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
16 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Pretoria 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
2 Johannesburg 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
3 Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
~20%
4 Kampala 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
5 Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
~10%
6 Durban 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
7 Harare 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~10%
8 Cape Town 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Creamstriped Owl in Hwange National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Creamstriped Owl sighting in Hwange National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 11 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Creamstriped Owl in Hwange National Park?

December

In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Creamstriped Owl in Hwange National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and June–September, the lowest months. That is one of Hwange National Park's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain against almost none in July.

What time of day is best to see a Creamstriped Owl?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Creamstriped Owl sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Hwange National Park the best place to see a Creamstriped Owl?

3rd of 16

Of the 16 parks where we can rate Creamstriped Owl sightings, Hwange National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 30%) and Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique, about 20%).

Where does the Creamstriped Owl sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Creamstriped Owl is recorded against all the insects logged in Hwange 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.

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