Dioptrornis fischeri
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The white-eyed slaty flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri) is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is native to the African highlands from Ethiopia and Kenya through Rwanda to eastern Zaire and Malawi. The sub-species M. f. toruensis occurs in Rwanda and Burundi and has an inconspicuous eye-ring.
The specific epithet commemorates the German explorer Gustav Adolf Fischer. http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/slaty.htm Archived 2007-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 10 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 13 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher sighting in Volcanoes National Park on a given day, based on 288 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 156 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and December
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher in Volcanoes National Park on a given day, against about 30% in January–February and April, the lowest months. Those are among Volcanoes National Park's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in July.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher 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 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher sightings, Volcanoes National Park ranks 3rd at about 50%. The best odds are in Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 60%) and Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher that you can see in Volcanoes National Park (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Cape Robin-Chat (about 50%), African Stonechat (about 50%) and African Dusky Flycatcher (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Volcanoes National Park (288 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.
