Prinia bairdii
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In 3 days ~10%
The banded prinia (Prinia bairdii) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
The banded prinia was formally described in 1855 by the American ornithologist John Cassin based on a specimen that had been collected by the French-American naturalist Paul Du Chaillu near the Mondah River in northwest Gabon. Cassin coined the binomial name Drymoica bairdii where the specific epithet was chosen to honour the naturalist and museum curator Spencer Fullerton Baird. The banded prinia is now one of 29 species placed in the genus Prinia that was introduced by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield in 1821.
Four subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 4 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yaoundé | 🇨🇲 Cameroon |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Prinia sighting in Virunga National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 277th most-seen of the 316 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Prinia in Virunga National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–August and October–April, the lowest months. Those are among Virunga National Park's wettest months, with about 200 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Banded Prinia sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Banded Prinia sightings, Virunga National Park ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 30%), Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 30%) and Odzala-Kokoua National Park (Republic of the Congo, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Banded Prinia is recorded against all the birds logged in Virunga National Park (7 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.
