Estrilda kandti
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Kandt's waxbill (Estrilda kandti) is a species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the black-headed waxbill. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.7. Downloaded from [1] Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 5 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Kandt's Waxbill sighting in Virunga National Park on a given day, based on 86 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 44th most-seen of the 316 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Kandt's Waxbill in Virunga National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April–May, August, October and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Virunga National Park's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in January.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Kandt's Waxbill 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 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Kandt's Waxbill sightings, Virunga National Park ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda, about 30%), Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 20%) and Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 20%).
Same genus: Estrilda
The closest relatives of the Kandt's Waxbill that you can see in Virunga National Park (genus Estrilda, Typical Waxbills) are Crimson-rumped Waxbill (about 10%) and Black-crowned Waxbill (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Kandt's Waxbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Virunga National Park (86 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.
