Ploceus pelzelni
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The slender-billed weaver (Ploceus pelzelni) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is sparsely distributed across equatorial Africa, namely along the shoreline of the Gulf of Guinea and Congo River and the Lake Victoria region.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 3 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 8 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 9 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazzaville | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 2 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-billed Weaver sighting in Virunga National Park on a given day, based on 46 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 98th most-seen of the 316 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-billed Weaver in Virunga National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slender-billed Weaver sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Slender-billed Weaver sightings, Virunga National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda, about 30%).
Same genus: Ploceus
The closest relatives of the Slender-billed Weaver that you can see in Virunga National Park (genus Ploceus, Typical Weavers) are Village Weaver (about 20%), Baglafecht Weaver (about 20%) and Black-headed Weaver (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slender-billed Weaver is recorded against all the birds logged in Virunga National Park (46 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.
