Cyligramma latona
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Cyligramma latona, the cream-striped owl, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 3 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 12 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 13 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 14 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 15 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 16 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 4 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 8 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Creamstriped Owl sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 102nd most-seen of the 316 insects 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 and April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Creamstriped Owl in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to November, the lowest months. Those are among iSimangaliso Wetland Park's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 30 mm in July.
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.
14th of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Creamstriped Owl sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 14th at about 10%. The best odds are in Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 30%), Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique, about 20%) and Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe, about 20%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Creamstriped Owl that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Pleasant Hornet Moth (about 10%), Walker's Owl (about 10%) and African Peach Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Creamstriped Owl is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (17 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.
