Crithagra striolata
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The streaky seedeater (Crithagra striolata) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is native to the eastern Afromontane. The streaky seedeater was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the streaky seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.
In the Degua Tembien mountains, the bird was found to be a breeding resident of woodland edges, scrubland and forest edges. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 4 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 7 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 9 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 13 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 15 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 16 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 17 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 2 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Streaky Seedeater sighting in Virunga National Park on a given day, based on 190 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 316 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Streaky Seedeater in Virunga National Park on a given day, against about 20% in April, August and October, the lowest months. That is one of Virunga National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 250 mm in May.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streaky Seedeater sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 17
Of the 17 parks where we can rate Streaky Seedeater sightings, Virunga National Park ranks 6th at about 40%. The best odds are in Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda, about 90%), Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 70%) and Bale Mountains National Park (Ethiopia, about 60%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Crithagra
The closest relatives of the Streaky Seedeater that you can see in Virunga National Park (genus Crithagra, African Seedeaters, Serins, Canaries, and Citrils) are Yellow-fronted Canary (about 10%) and Western Citril (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streaky Seedeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Virunga National Park (190 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.
