Estrilda nonnula
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The black-crowned waxbill (Estrilda nonnula) is a common species of estrildid finch found in western-central Africa. Cameroon BirdLife International species factsheet Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 7 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-crowned Waxbill sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 564 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 252 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, July–August and October
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Black-crowned Waxbill in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against about 30% in June and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-crowned Waxbill sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Black-crowned Waxbill sightings, Nyungwe National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda, about 40%) and Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 20%).
Same genus: Estrilda
The closest relatives of the Black-crowned Waxbill that you can see in Nyungwe National Park (genus Estrilda, Typical Waxbills) are Kandt's Waxbill (about 20%) and Fawn-breasted Waxbill (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-crowned Waxbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (564 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.
