Cossypha polioptera
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The grey-winged robin-chat or grey-winged akalat (Sheppardia polioptera) is a bird in the family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Anton Reichenow in 1892. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Winged Robin Chat sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 98 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 173rd 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.
April–May and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Winged Robin Chat in Kibale National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and June–November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey Winged Robin Chat sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Grey Winged Robin Chat sightings, Kibale National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 20%).
Same genus: Cossypha
The closest relatives of the Grey Winged Robin Chat that you can see in Kibale National Park (genus Cossypha, Typical Robin-Chats) are Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat (about 30%), White-browed Robin-Chat (about 20%) and Redcap Robinchat (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grey Winged Robin Chat is recorded against all the birds logged in Kibale National Park (98 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.
