Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser superciliosus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPasseridae (Passèrids)
- GenusPlocepasser (Sparrow-Weavers)
- SpeciesPlocepasser superciliosus (Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver)
Closest Relatives at Murchison Falls National Park
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus
Shelley's Rufous Sparrow
Passer shelleyi
Chestnut Sparrow
Passer eminibey
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Pseudonigrita arnaudi
Piapiac
Ptilostomus afer
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster
Silverbird
Empidornis semipartitus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
📅 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 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver in Murchison Falls National Park?
About 22% of visitor-days record a Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver sighting in Murchison Falls National Park, based on 217 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver in Murchison Falls National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver in Murchison Falls National Park in our monthly data.