Illadopsis pyrrhoptera
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The mountain illadopsis (Illadopsis pyrrhoptera) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is found in the Albertine Rift montane forests, Kenya, northern Malawi and western Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Illadopsis sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 189 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 252 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February, July and September–October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Illadopsis in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March–June, August and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mountain Illadopsis 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 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Mountain Illadopsis sightings, Nyungwe National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 20%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Mountain Illadopsis that you can see in Nyungwe National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Chubb's Cisticola (about 70%), Common Bulbul (about 60%) and Green White-eye (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mountain Illadopsis is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (189 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.
