Oenanthe heuglini
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Heuglin's wheatear (Oenanthe heuglinii) is a small passerine bird in the wheatear genus Oenanthe. It is 13-14 centimetres long. The adult has dark grey-brown upperparts, a black mask and a white stripe above the eye. The breast is orange-buff shading into the paler throat and belly. The tail is black apart from white sides to the basal half. The uppertail-coverts and undertail-coverts are white and the underwing-coverts are buff-pink.
The song is long, complex and includes imitations and the call is a harsh chack. Heuglin's wheatear inhabits the Sahel region from Mauritania eastwards through Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan to Eritrea. It extends south as far as northern parts of Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Uganda and north-west Kenya. It is found in open country with rocks and short grass and is often seen on burnt ground. Some birds are resident but others make migratory movements.
Heuglin's wheatear feeds mainly on insects. It wags its tail and spreads its tail when displaying. Rather shy and in the breeding season usually seen in pairs, small groups recorded in winter.... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Heuglin's Wheatear sighting in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 162nd most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Heuglin's Wheatear in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and June–August, the lowest months. April and May have too few records to rate.
Only Kidepo Valley National Park, in our data
Kidepo Valley National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Heuglin's Wheatear sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Oenanthe
The closest relatives of the Heuglin's Wheatear that you can see in Kidepo Valley National Park (genus Oenanthe, Wheatears and Allies) are Northern Wheatear (about 20%), Familiar Chat (about 20%) and Isabelline Wheatear (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Heuglin's Wheatear is recorded against all the birds logged in Kidepo Valley National Park (34 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.
