Kupeornis rufocinctus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The red-collared babbler (Turdoides rufocinctus), also known as the red-collared mountain-babbler, is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The red-collared babbler was moved from the genus Kupeornis to Turdoides based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018. Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-collared Babbler sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 143 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 100th most-seen of the 252 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-collared Babbler in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, September and November, the lowest months.
Only Nyungwe National Park, in our data
Nyungwe National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red-collared Babbler sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Red-collared Babbler 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 Red-collared Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (143 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.
