Hyliota flavigaster
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The yellow-bellied hyliota (Hyliota flavigaster) is a species of Hyliota. It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 3 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Hyliota sighting in Niokolo-Koba National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 171st most-seen of the 215 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Hyliota in Niokolo-Koba National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, August–September and November–December, 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 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-bellied Hyliota sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Yellow-bellied Hyliota sightings, Niokolo-Koba National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Mikumi National Park (Tanzania, about 20%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Yellow-bellied Hyliota that you can see in Niokolo-Koba National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Long-tailed Glossy Starling (about 90%), Yellow-crowned Gonolek (about 70%) and Common Bulbul (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-bellied Hyliota is recorded against all the birds logged in Niokolo-Koba National Park (13 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.
