Lagonosticta rhodopareia
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Jameson's firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia) is a common species of estrildid finch, sparsely spread across sub-Saharan Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,600,000 km2. BirdLife International species factsheet
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 10 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 11 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 12 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 14 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 15 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 16 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 17 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 18 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 19 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 20 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jameson's Firefinch sighting in South Luangwa National Park on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 148th most-seen of the 257 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.
April–May and July–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jameson's Firefinch in South Luangwa National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and November–March, the lowest months. Those are among South Luangwa National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 310 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jameson's Firefinch sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 20
Of the 20 parks where we can rate Jameson's Firefinch sightings, South Luangwa National Park ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 20%), Mana Pools National Park (Zimbabwe, about 10%) and Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Jameson's Firefinch is recorded against all the birds logged in South Luangwa National Park (38 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.
