Dicrurus modestus
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The velvet-mantled drongo (Dicrurus modestus) is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae. It is found throughout the Cameroon line and the African tropical rainforest. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird Names (v 2.11). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ [Accessed 2/27/2012]. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 2 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Velvet-mantled Drongo sighting in Taï National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 74 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Velvet-mantled Drongo sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Velvet-mantled Drongo sightings, Taï National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Semuliki National Park (Uganda, about 10%) and Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Velvet-mantled Drongo is recorded against all the birds logged in Taï National Park (8 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.
