Cossypha niveicapilla
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The snowy-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha niveicapilla) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is also known as the snowy-headed robin-chat. Its disjunct range extends across the northern half of Sub-Saharan Africa (rare in the Horn of Africa).
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and moist savanna. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 5 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 8 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 9 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 10 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 2 | Brazzaville | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 3 | Yaoundé | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | |
| 4 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 6 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 7 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 8 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disney's Animal Kingdom | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Pairi Daiza | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 4 | Barcelona Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | San Diego Zoo Safari Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Sedgwick County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Chester Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Burgers' Ocean | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 10 | Royal Burgers' Zoo | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 11 | Woodland Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Fort Worth Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Zoo Opole | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 14 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Zoo Atlanta | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Riverbanks Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Aquarama Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 18 | Lincoln Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 19 | Wonder world | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 20 | Volière | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 21 | Waddesdon Aviary | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 179th most-seen of the 252 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–August and October–January, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat sightings, Nyungwe National Park ranks 9th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 30%), Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 10%) and Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda, about 10%).
Same genus: Cossypha
The closest relatives of the Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat that you can see in Nyungwe National Park (genus Cossypha, Typical Robin-Chats) are Cape Robin-Chat (about 20%), Archer's Robin-Chat (about 20%) and White-browed Robin-Chat (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (19 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.
