Sporopipes frontalis
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The speckle-fronted weaver (Sporopipes frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Africa from Mauritania and Gambia in the west to Ethiopia and Tanzania in the east. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Speckle-fronted Weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Speckle-fronted Weaver sighting in Masai Mara National Reserve on a given day, based on 326 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 128th most-seen of the 398 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Speckle-fronted Weaver in Masai Mara National Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in January, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Speckle-fronted Weaver sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Speckle-fronted Weaver sightings, Masai Mara National Reserve ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 40%), Serengeti National Park (Tanzania, about 40%) and Ruaha National Park (Tanzania, about 30%).
Same family: Ploceidae
The closest relatives of the Speckle-fronted Weaver that you can see in Masai Mara National Reserve (family Ploceidae, Weavers and Allies) are Village Weaver (about 20%), Yellow-rumped Widowbird (about 20%) and Yellow-shouldered Widowbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Speckle-fronted Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Masai Mara National Reserve (326 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.
