Mirafra albicauda
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The white-tailed lark (Mirafra albicauda) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in Africa. Alternate names for the white-tailed lark include northern white-tailed bush lark, northern white-tailed lark and white-tailed bush lark.
The white-tailed lark is found in western Chad, eastern Sudan, north-eastern South Sudan, south-central Ethiopia, and from Uganda and western Kenya to central Tanzania. It occurs mainly around Lake Chad and Lake Victoria.
The natural habitat of M. albicauda is tropical to subtropical, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "White-tailed Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International. Retrieved May 10, 2009. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-tailed Lark sighting in Nairobi National Park on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 276th most-seen of the 371 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-tailed Lark in Nairobi National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–August and October–March, the lowest months. Those are among Nairobi National Park's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in July.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-tailed Lark sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
4th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate White-tailed Lark sightings, Nairobi National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda, about 10%), Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, about 10%) and Serengeti National Park (Tanzania, under 5%).
Same family: Alaudidae
The closest relatives of the White-tailed Lark that you can see in Nairobi National Park (family Alaudidae, Larks) are Fischer's Sparrow-Lark (about 20%), Fawn-colored Lark (about 10%) and Red-capped Lark (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-tailed Lark is recorded against all the birds logged in Nairobi National Park (38 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.
