Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye

Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye

Platysteira concreta

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Nyungwe National Park

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

32 Verified sightings at Nyungwe National Park From 2019 to 2026
32 In 1 park
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye

The yellow-bellied wattle-eye (Platysteira concreta) is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae. It is sparsely distributed across the African tropical rainforest. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Recording0:21

Gabon · 2023

© BurBenj · XC1133117 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:27

Kenya · 2025

© isaac kilusu · XC1052736 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:56

Kenya · 2018

© James Bradley · XC444194 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye in Nyungwe National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 165th most-seen of the 252 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye in Nyungwe National Park?

September

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months. That is one of Nyungwe National Park's driest months, with about 170 mm of rain against 550 mm in December.

What time of day is best to see a Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye?

Only Nyungwe National Park, in our data

Nyungwe National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (32 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.

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