Cossyphicula roberti
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The white-bellied robin-chat (Cossyphicula roberti) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found across the Western High Plateau, Bioko and the Albertine Rift montane forests. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2023 found that the white-bellied robin-chat was sister to the mountain robin-chat. Wikipedia →
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Uganda · 2022
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Equatorial Guinea · 2016
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Equatorial Guinea · 2024
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| # | 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 White-bellied Robin-Chat sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 89 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 124th most-seen of the 252 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, June–July and September–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-bellied Robin-Chat in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–May and August, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-bellied 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.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate White-bellied Robin-Chat sightings, Nyungwe National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 10%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the White-bellied Robin-Chat that you can see in Nyungwe National Park (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are African Dusky Flycatcher (about 60%), White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher (about 50%) and African Stonechat (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-bellied Robin-Chat is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (89 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.
