Parus cinerascens
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The ashy tit (Melaniparus cinerascens) is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.
The ashy tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Melaniparus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade.
Ashy tit - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
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Namibia · 2026
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Botswana · 2022
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 3 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 4 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 5 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ashy Tit sighting in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park on a given day, based on 51 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 75th most-seen of the 122 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ashy Tit in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park on a given day, against under 5% in December and January, the lowest months. That is one of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 40 mm in January. May has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ashy Tit 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 5 parks where we can rate Ashy Tit sightings, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Namib-Naukluft National Park (Namibia, about 10%) and Waterberg Plateau Park (Namibia, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Ashy Tit that you can see in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Fork-tailed Drongo (about 80%), White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (about 70%) and Social Weaver (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ashy Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (51 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.
