Zosterops anderssoni
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The southern yellow white-eye (Zosterops anderssoni) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in parts of southern Africa. It was formerly considered conspecific with the African yellow white-eye. The southern yellow white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the African yellow white-eye (Zosterops senegalensis; renamed the northern yellow white-eye), but it is now considered as a separate species based on the phylogenetic relationships determined in a molecular study in 2013.
Three subspecies are recognised: Its diet consists of insects, fruits, seeds, and grains. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 5 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 7 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 8 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 10 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 11 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 12 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 14 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 15 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 16 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Yellow White-eye sighting in Mana Pools National Park on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 196th most-seen of the 275 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.
June, August and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Yellow White-eye in Mana Pools National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–May, July and September–October, the lowest months. March has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Yellow White-eye sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Southern Yellow White-eye sightings, Mana Pools National Park ranks 8th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 10%), iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 10%) and Ruaha National Park (Tanzania, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Southern Yellow White-eye that you can see in Mana Pools National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Meves's Glossy-starling (about 70%), Fork-tailed Drongo (about 60%) and Common Bulbul (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Yellow White-eye is recorded against all the birds logged in Mana Pools National Park (28 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.
