Estrilda kandti
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Kandt's waxbill (Estrilda kandti) is a species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the black-headed waxbill. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.7. Downloaded from [1] Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 5 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Kandt's Waxbill sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 275 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 57th most-seen of the 252 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Kandt's Waxbill in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December, the lowest month. That is one of Nyungwe National Park's wettest months, with about 450 mm of rain against 30 mm in July.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Kandt's 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.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Kandt's Waxbill sightings, Nyungwe National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda, about 30%) and Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 20%).
Same genus: Estrilda
The closest relatives of the Kandt's Waxbill that you can see in Nyungwe National Park (genus Estrilda, Typical Waxbills) are Black-crowned Waxbill (about 40%) 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 Kandt's Waxbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (275 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.
