Cisticola ruficeps
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The red-pate cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and swamps. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Red-pate Cisticola sighting in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, based on 122 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Red-pate Cisticola in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, against about 20% in March, the lowest month. April and May have too few records to rate.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-pate Cisticola sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
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 Red-pate Cisticola sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Cisticola
The closest relatives of the Red-pate Cisticola that you can see in Kidepo Valley National Park (genus Cisticola, Cisticolas) are Croaking Cisticola (about 50%), Rattling Cisticola (about 50%) and Foxy Cisticola (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-pate Cisticola is recorded against all the birds logged in Kidepo Valley National Park (122 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.
