Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPhylloscopidae (Leaf Warblers)
- GenusPhylloscopus (Leaf Warblers)
- SpeciesPhylloscopus trochilus (Willow Warbler)
Closest Relatives at Serengeti National Park
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus ruppelli
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
Hildebrandt's Starling
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Silverbird
Empidornis semipartitus
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Dinemellia dinemelli
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Macronyx croceus
📅 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 Serengeti National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Willow Warbler sighting in Serengeti National Park, based on 229 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Willow Warbler in Serengeti National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Willow Warbler in Serengeti National Park in our monthly data.