Cossypha albicapillus
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The white-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha albicapillus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. Its range extends mainly across the western region of the Sudanian savanna. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
It has typically been assumed to be monogamous. However, at least one instance of cooperative breeding and possible multiple paternity has been observed. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 2 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 3 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pairi Daiza | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 2 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | San Diego Zoo Safari Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | London Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Lincoln Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Zamość Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | Vogelpark Avifauna | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a White-crowned Robin-Chat sighting in Niokolo-Koba National Park on a given day, based on 173 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 40th most-seen of the 215 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a White-crowned Robin-Chat in Niokolo-Koba National Park on a given day, against about 30% in August and September, the lowest months. That is one of Niokolo-Koba National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 300 mm in August. May–July and October have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-crowned Robin-Chat sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Niokolo-Koba National Park, in our data
Niokolo-Koba National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-crowned Robin-Chat sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-crowned Robin-Chat is recorded against all the birds logged in Niokolo-Koba National Park (173 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.
