Zosterops mbuluensis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The Mbulu white-eye (Zosterops mbuluensis) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The Mbulu white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the montane white-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus). When a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that it was more closely related to the Abyssinian white-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus), the Mbulu white-eye was promoted to species rank. It is monotypic. Wikipedia →
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Kenya · 2021
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mbulu White-eye sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area on a given day, based on 342 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 117th most-seen of the 519 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mbulu White-eye in Ngorongoro Conservation Area on a given day, against under 5% in June, the lowest month. That is one of Ngorongoro Conservation Area's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain against almost none in July.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mbulu White-eye sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Ngorongoro Conservation Area, in our data
Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mbulu White-eye sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mbulu White-eye is recorded against all the birds logged in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (342 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.
