Parus fringillinus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The red-throated tit (Melaniparus fringillinus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania, where its natural habitat is dry savanna. The red-throated tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Melaniparus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-throated Tit sighting in Serengeti National Park on a given day, based on 299 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 149th most-seen of the 469 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-throated Tit in Serengeti National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, August and October, the lowest months. Those are among Serengeti National Park's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-throated Tit sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Red-throated Tit sightings, Serengeti National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 10%) and Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-throated Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Serengeti National Park (299 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.
