Ploceus tricolor
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The yellow-mantled weaver (Ploceus tricolor) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is sparsely distributed across the African tropical rainforest. Media related to Ploceus tricolor at Wikimedia Commons Yellow-mantled weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-mantled Weaver sighting in Kakum National Park on a given day, based on 145 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 70th most-seen of the 250 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-mantled Weaver in Kakum National Park on a given day, against about 20% in January–February, May–June and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-mantled Weaver sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Yellow-mantled Weaver sightings, Kakum National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Kibale National Park (Uganda, under 5%) and Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda, under 5%).
Same genus: Ploceus
The closest relatives of the Yellow-mantled Weaver that you can see in Kakum National Park (genus Ploceus, Typical Weavers) are Maxwell's Black Weaver (about 30%), Chestnut-and-black Weaver (about 30%) and Village Weaver (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-mantled Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakum National Park (145 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.
