Oxylabes madagascariensis
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The white-throated oxylabes (Oxylabes madagascariensis) is a species of passerine bird that is endemic to Madagascar. It is the only species placed in the genus Oxylabes. Formerly considered as a member of the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, it has been moved to the family Bernieridae — the Malagasy warblers. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description and an illustration of the white-throated oxylabes in the third volume of his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected on the island of Madagascar. He used the French name Le rossignol de Madagascar and the Latin name Luscinia madagascariensis. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1789 the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin revised and expanded Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae he included the white-throated oxylabes based on Brisson's description. He placed it with the wagtails in the genus Motacilla and coined the binomial name Motacilla madagascariensis. The white-throated... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Mantadia National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Oxylabes sighting in Mantadia National Park on a given day, based on 120 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 50th most-seen of the 98 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Oxylabes in Mantadia National Park on a given day, against about 10% in June–July and September, the lowest months. That is one of Mantadia National Park's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 340 mm in January. January to April have too few records to rate.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-throated Oxylabes sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate White-throated Oxylabes sightings, Mantadia National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Ranomafana National Park (Madagascar, about 30%).
Same family: Bernieridae
The closest relatives of the White-throated Oxylabes that you can see in Mantadia National Park (family Bernieridae, Malagasy Warblers) are Rand's Warbler (about 50%), Spectacled Tetraka (about 30%) and Long-billed Bernieria (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-throated Oxylabes is recorded against all the birds logged in Mantadia National Park (120 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.
