Sporopipes frontalis
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The speckle-fronted weaver (Sporopipes frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Africa from Mauritania and Gambia in the west to Ethiopia and Tanzania in the east. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Speckle-fronted Weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Speckle-fronted Weaver sighting in Ruaha National Park on a given day, based on 83 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 50th most-seen of the 276 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Speckle-fronted Weaver in Ruaha National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February, April and June, the lowest months. That is one of Ruaha National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 180 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Speckle-fronted Weaver sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Speckle-fronted Weaver sightings, Ruaha National Park ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 40%) and Serengeti National Park (Tanzania, about 40%).
Same family: Ploceidae
The closest relatives of the Speckle-fronted Weaver that you can see in Ruaha National Park (family Ploceidae, Weavers and Allies) are White-headed Buffalo-Weaver (about 40%), Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver (about 40%) and Red-billed Quelea (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Speckle-fronted Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Ruaha National Park (83 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.
