Dryoscopus pringlii
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Pringle's puffback (Dryoscopus pringlii) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found in southern Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and northern Tanzania. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pringle's Puffback sighting in Tsavo East National Park on a given day, based on 37 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 195th most-seen of the 345 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pringle's Puffback in Tsavo East National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–April and June–September, the lowest months. Those are among Tsavo East National Park's wettest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pringle's Puffback sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Pringle's Puffback sightings, Tsavo East National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Tsavo West National Park (Kenya, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pringle's Puffback is recorded against all the birds logged in Tsavo East National Park (37 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.
