Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPhylloscopidae (Leaf Warblers)
- GenusPhylloscopus (Leaf Warblers)
- SpeciesPhylloscopus trochilus (Willow Warbler)
Closest Relatives at Lake Nakuru National Park
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Northern Anteater-Chat
Myrmecocichla aethiops
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Passer rufocinctus
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Willow Warbler in Lake Nakuru National Park?
About 15% of visitor-days record a Willow Warbler sighting in Lake Nakuru National Park, based on 135 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Willow Warbler in Lake Nakuru National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Willow Warbler in Lake Nakuru National Park in our monthly data.