Turdus tephronotus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The bare-eyed thrush (Turdus tephronotus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It breeds during the rainy season.
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend is not known, but the population is not believed to be decreasing sufficiently rapidly to approach the thresholds under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an African Bare-eyed Thrush sighting in Samburu National Reserve on a given day, based on 66 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 182nd most-seen of the 341 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.
March and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an African Bare-eyed Thrush in Samburu National Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in January, June and August–October, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most African Bare-eyed Thrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate African Bare-eyed Thrush sightings, Samburu National Reserve ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mkomazi National Park (Tanzania, about 30%), Tsavo West National Park (Kenya, about 20%) and Tsavo East National Park (Kenya, about 20%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the African Bare-eyed Thrush that you can see in Samburu National Reserve (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Superb Starling (about 80%), White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (about 70%) and White-headed Buffalo-Weaver (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the African Bare-eyed Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Samburu National Reserve (66 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.
