Grey Tit-Flycatcher

Grey Tit-Flycatcher

Myioparus plumbeus

Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Mole National Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

58 Verified sightings at Mole National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,491 In all 23 parks
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Grey Tit-Flycatcher

The grey tit-flycatcher (Fraseria plumbea) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It has an extensive but patchy distribution in sub-Saharan Africa. It is widespread across Sub-Saharan Africa (rare in southern and the Horn of Africa).

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Grey tit-flycatcher - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

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Sounds

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Ivory Coast · 2026

© Étienne Leroy · XC1186489 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:59

Senegal · 2026

© Peter Boesman · XC1082058 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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South Africa · 2023

© Ehren Eksteen · XC845532 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 uMkhuze Game Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
2 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~20%
3 Mole National Park 🇬🇭 Ghana
~10%
4 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
~10%
5 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
~10%
6 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~10%
7 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
8 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
~10%
9 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
10 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
11 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
12 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
13 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
14 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
15 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
16 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
17 Kakum National Park 🇬🇭 Ghana
<5%
18 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
19 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
20 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
21 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
22 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
23 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kampala 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Grey Tit-Flycatcher in Mole National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Tit-Flycatcher sighting in Mole National Park on a given day, based on 58 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 136th most-seen of the 266 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Grey Tit-Flycatcher in Mole National Park?

January, April–May, September and November

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Tit-Flycatcher in Mole National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–March, June, August, October and December, the lowest months. July has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Grey Tit-Flycatcher?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey Tit-Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Mole National Park the best place to see a Grey Tit-Flycatcher?

3rd of 23

Of the 23 parks where we can rate Grey Tit-Flycatcher sightings, Mole National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 20%) and Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Grey Tit-Flycatcher live in Mole National Park?

Same family: Muscicapidae

The closest relatives of the Grey Tit-Flycatcher that you can see in Mole National Park (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Northern Black-Flycatcher (about 60%), European Pied Flycatcher (about 50%) and Swamp Flycatcher (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Grey Tit-Flycatcher sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Grey Tit-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Mole National Park (58 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.

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