Hyliota flavigaster
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The yellow-bellied hyliota (Hyliota flavigaster) is a species of Hyliota. It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 3 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Hyliota sighting in Mikumi National Park on a given day, based on 39 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 63rd most-seen of the 261 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Hyliota in Mikumi National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–June, August and December, the lowest months. That is one of Mikumi National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 200 mm in April.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-bellied Hyliota sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Yellow-bellied Hyliota sightings, Mikumi National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, under 5%) and Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Yellow-bellied Hyliota that you can see in Mikumi National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Fork-tailed Drongo (about 50%), Lesser Striped-Swallow (about 40%) and Yellow-throated Sparrow (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-bellied Hyliota is recorded against all the birds logged in Mikumi National Park (39 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.
