Pseudobias wardi
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Ward's vanga (Pseudobias wardi), also known as Ward's flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Vangidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Pseudobias. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the English naturalist Christopher Ward, who collected the type specimen of the bird. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Mantadia National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Ward's Flycatcher sighting in Mantadia National Park on a given day, based on 174 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 38th most-seen of the 98 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Ward's Flycatcher in Mantadia National Park on a given day, against about 20% in June, the lowest month. That is one of Mantadia National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 340 mm in January. January to April have too few records to rate.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ward's Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Ward's Flycatcher sightings, Mantadia National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Ranomafana National Park (Madagascar, about 40%).
Same family: Vangidae
The closest relatives of the Ward's Flycatcher that you can see in Mantadia National Park (family Vangidae, Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies) are Red-tailed Vanga (about 50%), Common Newtonia (about 50%) and Nuthatch-Vanga (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ward's Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Mantadia National Park (174 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.
