Histurgops ruficauda
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The rufous-tailed weaver (Histurgops ruficauda) is a species of songbird found in Tanzania. It is included in the weaver family (Ploceidae), but many authors included it in the Old World sparrow family Passeridae when Old World sparrows were separated from the weavers proper. It is placed in the monotypic genus Histurgops.
It is an endemic breeder in Tanzania, but vagrants occur in Kenya too. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-tailed Weaver sighting in Serengeti National Park on a given day, based on 1,160 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 469 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-tailed Weaver in Serengeti National Park on a given day, against about 20% in May and August, the lowest months. That is one of Serengeti National Park's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 5 mm in July.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-tailed Weaver sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Rufous-tailed Weaver sightings, Serengeti National Park ranks 3rd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Tarangire National Park (Tanzania, about 40%) and Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania, about 40%).
Same family: Passeridae
The closest relatives of the Rufous-tailed Weaver that you can see in Serengeti National Park (family Passeridae, Old World Sparrows) are Gray-headed Social-Weaver (about 40%), Swahili Sparrow (about 30%) and Kenya Rufous Sparrow (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-tailed Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Serengeti National Park (1,160 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.
