Cossypha cyanocampter
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The blue-shouldered robin-chat (Cossypha cyanocampter) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is widespread across the African tropical rainforest. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 2 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 5 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat sighting in Kakum National Park on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 195th most-seen of the 250 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 and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat in Kakum National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, September and November–April, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat sightings, Kakum National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Taï National Park (Ivory Coast, about 10%), Semuliki National Park (Uganda, about 10%) and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 10%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat that you can see in Kakum National Park (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Little Gray Flycatcher (about 20%), Dusky-blue Flycatcher (about 10%) and Grey-throated Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakum National Park (25 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.
