Macronyx fuelleborni
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Fülleborn's longclaw (Macronyx fuelleborni) or Fuelleborn's longclaw, is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. It is found in damp grassy habitats in south-central Africa. Two subspecies of Fülleborn's longclaw are recognised:
Macronyx fuellebornii ascensi Salvadori, 1907: which is found in Angola, the central and southern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Zambia west of the valley of the Luangwa River and, rarely, in extreme northern Namibia.
Fülleborn's longclaw is similar to the yellow-throated longclaw but it is slightly smaller, stockier and lacks the streaking on the breast. It has a yellow throat surrounded by a black band when adult and the yellow on the throat is duller in juveniles which also do not have the surrounding black band and have some indistinct streaks on the breast, but this is much less in extend than in related species.
Fülleborn's longclaw is found in western central Africa from south western Tanzania to Angola and the extreme north of Namibia, where it is a vagrant. Fülleborn's longclaw... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Fuelleborn's Longclaw sighting in Kafue National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 225th most-seen of the 338 birds 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.
May–June and August–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fuelleborn's Longclaw in Kafue National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and November–April, the lowest months. Those are among Kafue National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 290 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fuelleborn's Longclaw sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Kafue National Park, in our data
Kafue National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Fuelleborn's Longclaw sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fuelleborn's Longclaw is recorded against all the birds logged in Kafue National Park (24 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.
