Sporopipes frontalis
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The speckle-fronted weaver (Sporopipes frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Africa from Mauritania and Gambia in the west to Ethiopia and Tanzania in the east. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Speckle-fronted Weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Speckle-fronted Weaver sighting in Tsavo West National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 366th most-seen of the 380 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Speckle-fronted Weaver in Tsavo West National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Speckle-fronted Weaver sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
12th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Speckle-fronted Weaver sightings, Tsavo West National Park ranks 12th at under 5%. The best odds are in Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 40%), Serengeti National Park (Tanzania, about 40%) and Ruaha National Park (Tanzania, about 30%).
Same family: Ploceidae
The closest relatives of the Speckle-fronted Weaver that you can see in Tsavo West National Park (family Ploceidae, Weavers and Allies) are White-headed Buffalo-Weaver (about 50%), Red-billed Quelea (about 50%) and Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Speckle-fronted Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Tsavo West National Park (5 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.
