Passer diffusus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The southern grey-headed sparrow (Passer diffusus) is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the grey-headed sparrow. It is found in savanna and woodland in Angola and Zambia southwards into South Africa, where it is expanding its range and is kept as a caged bird, like its relative the white-rumped seedeater.
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Gray-headed Sparrow sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 59th most-seen of the 108 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Gray-headed Sparrow in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–July, September and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Gray-headed Sparrow sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
22nd of 25
Of the 25 parks where we can rate Southern Gray-headed Sparrow sightings, Namib-Naukluft National Park ranks 22nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 60%), Mana Pools National Park (Zimbabwe, about 50%) and uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 50%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Gray-headed Sparrow is recorded against all the birds logged in Namib-Naukluft National Park (22 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.
