Urorhipis rufifrons
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The red-fronted prinia (Prinia rufifrons), also known as the red-fronted warbler and the red-faced apalis, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Its natural habitat is dry savanna. The red-fronted prinia was described by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell in 1840 under the binomial name Prinia rufifrons. The type locality is Eritrea (the coastal region of Abyssinia). The specific epithet rufifrons comes from the Latin rufus for "red" and frons for "forehead" or "front".
There are three subspecies: Many taxonomists place this species in the genus Prinia rather than in its own monotypic genus Urorhipis. Support for this alternative placement is provided by a molecular phylogenetic study of the Cisticolidae published in 2013 that found that the red-fronted warbler was closely related to the prinias.
Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 3 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-fronted Warbler sighting in Tsavo West National Park on a given day, based on 59 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 203rd most-seen of the 380 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.
February and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-fronted Warbler in Tsavo West National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June, September and December, the lowest months. Those are among Tsavo West National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 140 mm in November.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-fronted Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Red-fronted Warbler sightings, Tsavo West National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Samburu National Reserve (Kenya, about 20%), Awash National Park (Ethiopia, about 20%) and Mkomazi National Park (Tanzania, about 20%).
Same family: Cisticolidae
The closest relatives of the Red-fronted Warbler that you can see in Tsavo West National Park (family Cisticolidae, Cisticolas and Allies) are Gray Wren-Warbler (about 50%), Rattling Cisticola (about 30%) and Green-backed Camaroptera (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-fronted Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Tsavo West 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.
