Ruwenzorornis johnstoni
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The Rwenzori turaco (Gallirex johnstoni) is a bird in the family Musophagidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests. The Rwenzori turaco is a herbivorous bird: about 92% of its diet consists of fruit and 6.3% of leaves. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 4 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Ruwenzori Turaco sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 538 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 252 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December and January
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Ruwenzori Turaco in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against about 20% in March–May and August, the lowest months. Those are among Nyungwe National Park's wettest months, with about 470 mm of rain a month against 30 mm in July.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ruwenzori Turaco 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 4 parks where we can rate Ruwenzori Turaco sightings, Nyungwe National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda, about 20%) and Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 20%).
Same family: Musophagidae
The closest relatives of the Ruwenzori Turaco that you can see in Nyungwe National Park (family Musophagidae, Turacos) are Black-billed Turaco (about 40%), Great Blue Turaco (about 30%) and Ross' Turaco (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ruwenzori Turaco is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (538 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.
