Muscicapa cassini
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Cassin's flycatcher (Muscicapa cassini), also known as Cassin's grey flycatcher or Cassin's alseonax, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to the African tropical rainforest. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps. Wikipedia →
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Ghana · 2022
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cassin's Flycatcher sighting in Virunga National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 232nd most-seen of the 316 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.
July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cassin's Flycatcher in Virunga National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and November–June, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cassin's Flycatcher 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 Cassin's Flycatcher sightings, Virunga National Park ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Taï National Park (Ivory Coast, about 20%), Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 10%) and Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 10%).
Same genus: Muscicapa
The closest relatives of the Cassin's Flycatcher that you can see in Virunga National Park (genus Muscicapa, Muscicapa Flycatchers) are African Dusky Flycatcher (about 20%), Swamp Flycatcher (about 10%) and Ashy Alseonax (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cassin's Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Virunga National Park (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.
