Eremomela icteropygialis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The yellow-bellied eremomela (Eremomela icteropygialis) is an Old World warbler. However, the taxonomy of the "African warblers", an assemblage of usually species-poor and apparently rather ancient "odd warblers" from Africa is currently in a state of flux. Today, most taxonomists consider members in this genus members of the family Cisticolidae.
The yellow-bellied eremomela is a common breeding species in Africa south of the Sahara in its habitat of open woodland, savannah, and dry scrub. The yellow-bellied eremomela is a very small bird 10 cm long and weighing around 9 g. Its upperparts are grey, becoming darker and more olive on the wings and tail. There is a thin pale grey supercilium and a blackish stripe through the eye. The grey breast shades into the lemon yellow belly. The bill is blackish. The subspecies vary in the extent and intensity of the yellow on the belly, and birds in western southern Africa have whitish throat and breast.
The sexes are similar, but the juvenile has duller yellow underparts than the adult. The call is a high-pitched repeated tchee-tchee-tchuut. The yellow-bellied eremomela builds a cup nest in the branches of a tree... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 2 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 3 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 4 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 5 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 13 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 14 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 15 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 16 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 17 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 18 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 19 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 20 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 21 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 22 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Eremomela sighting in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 58th most-seen of the 122 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.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Eremomela in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and March, 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 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-bellied Eremomela sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 22
Of the 22 parks where we can rate Yellow-bellied Eremomela sightings, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Waterberg Plateau Park (Namibia, about 40%), Awash National Park (Ethiopia, about 30%) and Etosha National Park (Namibia, about 20%).
Same family: Cisticolidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-bellied Eremomela that you can see in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (family Cisticolidae, Cisticolas and Allies) are Black-chested Prinia (about 30%) and Rufous-eared Warbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-bellied Eremomela is recorded against all the birds logged in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (60 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.
