Sporopipes frontalis
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In 3 days ~80% 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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Speckle-fronted Weaver sighting in Serengeti National Park on a given day, based on 1,360 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 469 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and April
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Speckle-fronted Weaver in Serengeti National Park on a given day, against about 20% in August and September, 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 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.
Among the best
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Speckle-fronted Weaver sightings, Serengeti National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 40%).
Same family: Ploceidae
The closest relatives of the Speckle-fronted Weaver that you can see in Serengeti National Park (family Ploceidae, Weavers and Allies) are White-headed Buffalo-Weaver (about 40%), Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver (about 20%) and Lesser Masked-Weaver (about 20%), 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 Serengeti National Park (1,360 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.
