Coelonia fulvinotata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Coelonia fulvinotata (also known as the fulvous hawk) is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is known from most habitats throughout the Afrotropical realm, from the Gambia east to Ethiopia and south to northern South Africa and Madagascar. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous Hawk sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 59 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 79th most-seen of the 344 insects 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.
November to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous Hawk in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fulvous Hawk 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 3 parks where we can rate Fulvous Hawk sightings, Table Mountain National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 10%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Fulvous Hawk that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Common Striped Hawkmoth (about 10%), African Hummingbird Hawkmoth (about 10%) and Death's Head Hawkmoth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fulvous Hawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (59 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.
