Heliolais erythropterus
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The red-winged prinia or the red-winged warbler (Prinia erythroptera) is a bird species in the family Cisticolidae. It formerly belonged in the monotypic genus Heliolais. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, where its natural habitat is dry savanna.
The red-winged prinia was described by the Scottish naturalist William Jardine in 1849 under the binomial name Drymoica erythroptera. The type locality is West Africa. The specific epithet erythroptera comes from the Ancient Greek eruthros for "red" and -pteros, "-winged".
There are four subspecies: Most taxonomists place this species in the genus Prinia rather than in its own monotypic... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 2 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 3 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-winged Warbler sighting in Murchison Falls National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 363rd most-seen of the 424 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-winged Warbler in Murchison Falls National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-winged Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Red-winged Warbler sightings, Murchison Falls National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique, about 10%) and Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, under 5%).
Same family: Cisticolidae
The closest relatives of the Red-winged Warbler that you can see in Murchison Falls National Park (family Cisticolidae, Cisticolas and Allies) are Rattling Cisticola (about 40%), Zitting Cisticola (about 30%) and Green-backed Camaroptera (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-winged Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Murchison Falls National Park (15 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.
