Bradornis pallidus
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
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. Wikipedia →
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Flycatcher sighting in Murchison Falls National Park on a given day, based on 81 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 170th most-seen of the 424 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Flycatcher in Murchison Falls National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and October–January, the lowest months. Those are among Murchison Falls National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in October.
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.
7th of 32
Of the 32 parks where we can rate Pale Flycatcher sightings, Murchison Falls National Park ranks 7th 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 Murchison Falls National Park (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Silverbird (about 50%), Spotted Morning-Thrush (about 40%) and Sooty Chat (about 20%), 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 Murchison Falls National Park (81 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.
