Pitta reichenowi
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
The green-breasted pitta (Pitta reichenowi) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is one of only two Pitta species in Africa, and is found in deep forest of the tropics. The plumage is very similar to that of the African pitta, but the breast is green and the throat is bordered by a black line. Immatures have duller, darker plumage, and a brownish olive breast.
It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Gabon, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. In Uganda however, it occurs at altitudes between 1,000 and 1,400 metres (3,300 and 4,600 ft).
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-breasted Pitta sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 244 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 111th most-seen of the 366 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May and July–September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green-breasted Pitta in Kibale National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and March–April, the lowest months.
Only Kibale National Park, in our data
Kibale National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Green-breasted Pitta sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Green-breasted Pitta that you can see in Kibale National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Common Bulbul (about 60%), Little Greenbul (about 50%) and Gray-headed Negrofinch (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green-breasted Pitta is recorded against all the birds logged in Kibale National Park (244 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.
