Coccopygia quartinia
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The yellow-bellied waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia) is a species of estrildid finch native to East Africa. The bird is now named yellow-bellied swee. It breeds in east central and south-eastern Africa. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the swee waxbill.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 5 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 9 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 11 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 2 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Waxbill sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area on a given day, based on 163 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 223rd most-seen of the 519 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.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Waxbill in Ngorongoro Conservation Area on a given day, against under 5% in February, June and October, the lowest months. That is one of Ngorongoro Conservation Area's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain against almost none in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-bellied Waxbill sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Yellow-bellied Waxbill sightings, Ngorongoro Conservation Area ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda, about 30%), Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 20%) and Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 20%).
Same family: Estrildidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-bellied Waxbill that you can see in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (family Estrildidae, Waxbills and Allies) are Blue-capped Cordonbleu (about 20%), Purple Grenadier (about 20%) and Black-faced Waxbill (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-bellied Waxbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (163 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.
