Malimbus scutatus
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The red-vented malimbe (Malimbus scutatus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps.
Red-vented malimbe - Species text in Weaver Watch.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-vented Malimbe sighting in Kakum National Park on a given day, based on 82 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 126th most-seen of the 250 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, August and October–November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-vented Malimbe in Kakum National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April–July, September and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-vented Malimbe sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kakum National Park, in our data
Kakum National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red-vented Malimbe sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Malimbus
The closest relatives of the Red-vented Malimbe that you can see in Kakum National Park (genus Malimbus, Malimbes) are Red-headed Malimbe (about 50%), Gray's Malimbe (about 10%) and Crested Malimbe (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-vented Malimbe is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakum National Park (82 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.
