Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Bradypterus cinnamomeus

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Virunga National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

96 Verified sightings at Virunga National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,336 In all 10 parks
March Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

The cinnamon bracken warbler (Bradypterus cinnamomeus) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It is native to mountainous regions of East Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Subsong0:21

Kenya · 2026

© Ding Li Yong · XC1180113 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:18

Burundi · 2025

© Bram Piot · XC1021965 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:26

Kenya · 2024

© Peter Boesman · XC947977 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~50%
2 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~40%
3 Bale Mountains National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
~30%
4 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~20%
5 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
~20%
6 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
7 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
8 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
9 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
10 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
~10%
2 Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler in Virunga National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler sighting in Virunga National Park on a given day, based on 96 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 40th most-seen of the 316 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.

When is the best time to see a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler in Virunga National Park?

March

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler in Virunga National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April–May, August and October–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler?

Between 6 and 9 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler live in Virunga National Park?

Same order: Passeriformes

The closest relatives of the Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler that you can see in Virunga National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Common Bulbul (about 70%), Black-headed Gonolek (about 40%) and Streaky Seedeater (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Virunga National Park (96 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.

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