Bradornis pallidus
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The pale flycatcher (Agricola pallidus) is a passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa. The pale flycatcher was previously placed in the genus Bradornis but was moved to Melaenornis based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010. It was subsequently moved to the genus Agricola based on a study published in 2023.
It is widely present across Sub-Saharan Africa, although absent in the Congo Basin and Southern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Pale flycatcher - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Flycatcher sighting in uMkhuze Game Reserve on a given day, based on 128 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 117th most-seen of the 283 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and April–August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Flycatcher in uMkhuze Game Reserve on a given day, against about 10% in September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale 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.
2nd of 32
Of the 32 parks where we can rate Pale Flycatcher sightings, uMkhuze Game Reserve ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, about 30%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Pale Flycatcher that you can see in uMkhuze Game Reserve (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are White-browed Scrub Robin (about 40%), Southern Black Flycatcher (about 40%) and Bearded Scrub Robin (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in uMkhuze Game Reserve (128 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.
