Emberiza goslingi
Silhouette: L. Shyamal · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Gosling's bunting (Emberiza goslingi), also known as the grey-throated bunting, is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. It is found in Africa from Mauritania and Senegal to south-western Sudan and north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Its natural habitats are dry savannah, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
It was previously considered conspecific with the cinnamon-breasted bunting.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pendjari National Park | 🇧🇯 Benin | |
| 2 | Mole National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 3 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Gosling's Bunting sighting in Pendjari National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 15 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, August and October–November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Gosling's Bunting in Pendjari National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and April, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gosling's Bunting 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 3 parks where we can rate Gosling's Bunting sightings, Pendjari National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Mole National Park (Ghana, about 10%) and Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Gosling's Bunting that you can see in Pendjari National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (about 30%) and Bush Petronia (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gosling's Bunting is recorded against all the birds logged in Pendjari National Park (6 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.
