Coccopygia quartinia
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The yellow-bellied waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia) is a species of estrildid finch native to East Africa. The bird is now named yellow-bellied swee. It breeds in east central and south-eastern Africa. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the swee waxbill.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 5 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 9 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 11 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 2 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Waxbill sighting in Virunga National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 203rd 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.
February, May, July, September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Waxbill in Virunga National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June, August, October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-bellied Waxbill sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Yellow-bellied Waxbill sightings, Virunga National Park ranks 8th at under 5%. The best odds are in Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda, about 30%), Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 20%) and Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 20%).
Same family: Estrildidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-bellied Waxbill that you can see in Virunga National Park (family Estrildidae, Waxbills and Allies) are Red-billed Firefinch (about 30%), Kandt's Waxbill (about 20%) and Bronze Mannikin (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-bellied Waxbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Virunga National Park (16 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.
