Muscicapa cassini
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Cassin's flycatcher (Muscicapa cassini), also known as Cassin's grey flycatcher or Cassin's alseonax, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to the African tropical rainforest. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps. Wikipedia →
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Ghana · 2022
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Gabon · 2021
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Gabon · 2021
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cassin's Flycatcher sighting in Taï National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 74 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cassin's Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Cassin's Flycatcher sightings, Taï National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 10%) and Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 10%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Cassin's Flycatcher that you can see in Taï National Park (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Dahomey Forest Robin (about 20%), Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat (about 10%) and Forest Scrub-Robin (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cassin's Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Taï National Park (16 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.
