Alethe castanea
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The fire-crested alethe (Alethe castanea) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in central Africa, from Nigeria to Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It has been recently split from the white-tailed alethe (A. diademata). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fire-crested Alethe sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 85 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 177th most-seen of the 366 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–June and September–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fire-crested Alethe in Kibale National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fire-crested Alethe sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Fire-crested Alethe sightings, Kibale National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Semuliki National Park (Uganda, about 50%).
Same family: Turdidae
The closest relatives of the Fire-crested Alethe that you can see in Kibale National Park (family Turdidae, Thrushes) are African Thrush (about 40%), Fraser's Rufous Thrush (about 20%) and White-tailed Ant-Thrush (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fire-crested Alethe is recorded against all the birds logged in Kibale National Park (85 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.
