Dicrurus modestus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The velvet-mantled drongo (Dicrurus modestus) is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae. It is found throughout the Cameroon line and the African tropical rainforest. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird Names (v 2.11). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ [Accessed 2/27/2012]. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 2 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Velvet-mantled Drongo 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 170th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, May and July–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Velvet-mantled Drongo in Kibale National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Velvet-mantled Drongo sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Velvet-mantled Drongo sightings, Kibale National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Taï National Park (Ivory Coast, about 20%) and Semuliki National Park (Uganda, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Velvet-mantled Drongo 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.
