Turdoides hartlaubii
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Hartlaub's babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii) or the Angola babbler, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae, which is native to south central Africa. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German physician and ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub.
The species is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, DRC, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Hartlaub's babbler - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 2 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 3 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lubango | 🇦🇴 Angola |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Hartlaub's Babbler sighting in Moremi Game Reserve on a given day, based on 439 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 49th most-seen of the 334 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, August and December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Hartlaub's Babbler in Moremi Game Reserve on a given day, against about 20% in January–February and May–July, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hartlaub's Babbler 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 3 parks where we can rate Hartlaub's Babbler sightings, Moremi Game Reserve has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Kafue National Park (Zambia, about 10%) and Chobe National Park (Botswana, about 10%).
Same genus: Turdoides
The closest relatives of the Hartlaub's Babbler that you can see in Moremi Game Reserve (genus Turdoides, Turdoides Babblers) are Arrow-marked Babbler (about 30%) and Southern Pied-Babbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hartlaub's Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Moremi Game Reserve (439 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.
