Parus fasciiventer
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The stripe-breasted tit (Melaniparus fasciiventer) is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests in east-central Africa. The stripe-breasted tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Melaniparus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 4 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Stripe-breasted Tit sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 203 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 81st 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
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Stripe-breasted Tit in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–June and August, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Stripe-breasted Tit sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Stripe-breasted Tit sightings, Nyungwe National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stripe-breasted Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (203 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.
