Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira cyanea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPlatysteiridae (Wattle-eyes and Batises)
- GenusPlatysteira (Wattle-eyes)
- SpeciesPlatysteira cyanea (Brown-throated Wattle-eye)
Closest Relatives at Masai Mara National Reserve
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira peltata
Chinspot Batis
Batis molitor
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Macronyx croceus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Sooty Chat
Myrmecocichla nigra
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus africanus
Yellow-fronted Canary
Crithagra mozambica
Purple Grenadier
Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 7 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 9 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 10 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 11 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown-throated Wattle-eye in Masai Mara National Reserve?
About 9% of visitor-days record a Brown-throated Wattle-eye sighting in Masai Mara National Reserve, based on 255 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown-throated Wattle-eye in Masai Mara National Reserve?
February has the highest sighting rate for Brown-throated Wattle-eye in Masai Mara National Reserve in our monthly data.