Parus fasciiventer
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The stripe-breasted tit (Melaniparus fasciiventer) is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests in east-central Africa. The stripe-breasted tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Melaniparus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 4 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Stripe-breasted Tit sighting in Virunga National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 218th most-seen of the 316 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Stripe-breasted Tit in Virunga National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and October–May, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Stripe-breasted Tit sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Stripe-breasted Tit sightings, Virunga National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 20%) and Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 20%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Stripe-breasted Tit 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.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stripe-breasted Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Virunga National Park (14 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.
