Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Bradypterus cinnamomeus

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Nyungwe National Park

In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%

559 Verified sightings at Nyungwe National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,336 In all 10 parks
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

The cinnamon bracken warbler (Bradypterus cinnamomeus) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It is native to mountainous regions of East Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Subsong0:21

Kenya · 2026

© Ding Li Yong · XC1180113 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:18

Burundi · 2025

© Bram Piot · XC1021965 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:26

Kenya · 2024

© Peter Boesman · XC947977 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~50%
2 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~40%
3 Bale Mountains National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
~30%
4 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~20%
5 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
~20%
6 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
7 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
8 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
9 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
10 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
~10%
2 Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler in Nyungwe National Park?

Likely

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 559 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th 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.

When is the best time to see a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler in Nyungwe National Park?

April

In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against about 30% in August and October–November, the lowest months. That is one of Nyungwe National Park's wettest months, with about 450 mm of rain against 30 mm in July.

What time of day is best to see a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler?

Between 6 and 9 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Nyungwe National Park the best place to see a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler?

2nd of 10

Of the 10 parks where we can rate Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler sightings, Nyungwe National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 50%). All parks ranked.

Where does the Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (559 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.

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