Mirafra albicauda
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The white-tailed lark (Mirafra albicauda) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in Africa. Alternate names for the white-tailed lark include northern white-tailed bush lark, northern white-tailed lark and white-tailed bush lark.
The white-tailed lark is found in western Chad, eastern Sudan, north-eastern South Sudan, south-central Ethiopia, and from Uganda and western Kenya to central Tanzania. It occurs mainly around Lake Chad and Lake Victoria.
The natural habitat of M. albicauda is tropical to subtropical, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "White-tailed Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International. Retrieved May 10, 2009. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-tailed Lark sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park on a given day, based on 126 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 169th most-seen of the 434 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, March and May–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-tailed Lark in Queen Elizabeth National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-tailed Lark sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 6 parks where we can rate White-tailed Lark sightings, Queen Elizabeth National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, about 10%) and Serengeti National Park (Tanzania, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-tailed Lark is recorded against all the birds logged in Queen Elizabeth National Park (126 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.
