Calamonastes stierlingi
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Stierling's wren-warbler (Calamonastes stierlingi), is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae found in southern Africa. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the miombo wren-warbler. Stierling's wren-warbler - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 3 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Stierling's Barred Warbler sighting in Kafue National Park on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 191st most-seen of the 338 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.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Stierling's Barred Warbler in Kafue National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–June and August–September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Stierling's Barred Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Stierling's Barred Warbler sightings, Kafue National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Mikumi National Park (Tanzania, about 30%) and Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique, about 10%).
Same family: Cisticolidae
The closest relatives of the Stierling's Barred Warbler that you can see in Kafue National Park (family Cisticolidae, Cisticolas and Allies) are Tawny-flanked Prinia (about 30%), Yellow-breasted Apalis (about 20%) and Green-backed Camaroptera (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stierling's Barred Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Kafue National Park (45 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.
