Trochocercus cyanomelas
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The blue-mantled crested flycatcher or African crested flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The blue-mantled crested flycatcher was originally described in the genus Muscicapa and some authorities have also classified it in the genus Terpsiphone. Alternate names for the blue-mantled crested flycatcher include blue-mantled flycatcher, blue-mantled paradise-flycatcher, Cape crested-flycatcher and crested flycatcher.
Found from Somalia to eastern Tanzania Found from Malawi and northern Mozambique to Zimbabwe and eastern KwaZulu-Natal (north-eastern South Africa) T... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an African Crested-Flycatcher sighting in uMkhuze Game Reserve on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 217th most-seen of the 283 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–June, August–October and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an African Crested-Flycatcher in uMkhuze Game Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, July and November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most African Crested-Flycatcher 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 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate African Crested-Flycatcher sightings, uMkhuze Game Reserve ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 20%), iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 20%) and Arusha National Park (Tanzania, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the African Crested-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in uMkhuze Game Reserve (17 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.
