Bradornis pallidus
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
The pale flycatcher (Agricola pallidus) is a passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa. The pale flycatcher was previously placed in the genus Bradornis but was moved to Melaenornis based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010. It was subsequently moved to the genus Agricola based on a study published in 2023.
It is widely present across Sub-Saharan Africa, although absent in the Congo Basin and Southern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Pale flycatcher - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Flycatcher sighting in Mole National Park on a given day, based on 57 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 146th 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–May and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Flycatcher in Mole National Park on a given day, against about 10% in June and September–January, the lowest months. July has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale 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.
4th of 34
Of the 34 parks where we can rate Pale Flycatcher sightings, Mole National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, about 30%), uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 20%) and Akagera National Park (Rwanda, about 20%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Pale 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.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Mole National Park (57 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.
