Ruwenzori Hill Babbler

Ruwenzori Hill Babbler

Pseudoalcippe atriceps

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

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

72 Verified sightings at Virunga National Park From 2019 to 2026
971 In all 4 parks
September Best month

About the Ruwenzori Hill Babbler

The Rwenzori hill babbler (Sylvia atriceps) is a species of passerine bird in the family Sylviidae that is found in Africa. The Rwenzori hill babbler was described by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1902 and given the binomial name Turdinus atriceps. The type locality is the Rwenzori Mountains on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The specific epithet atriceps is from the Latin ater for "black" and -ceps for "capped" or "headed". The Rwenzori hill babbler was formerly considered to be a conspecific with the African hill babbler. The species is monotypic. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Uganda · 2022

© Peter Boesman · XC739959 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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Uganda · 2015

© Martin St-Michel · XC234728 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Congo (Democratic Republic) · 2012

© Josh Engel · XC105605 · CC BY-NC-ND 2.5

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~30%
2 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~20%
3 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~20%
4 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Ruwenzori Hill Babbler in Virunga National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Ruwenzori Hill Babbler sighting in Virunga National Park on a given day, based on 72 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 53rd 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.

When is the best time to see a Ruwenzori Hill Babbler in Virunga National Park?

September

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Ruwenzori Hill Babbler in Virunga National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April–May, August, October and December, the lowest months.

Which relatives of the Ruwenzori Hill Babbler live in Virunga National Park?

Same order: Passeriformes

The closest relatives of the Ruwenzori Hill Babbler 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 Ruwenzori Hill Babbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Ruwenzori Hill Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Virunga National Park (72 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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