Taita Thrush
Turdus helleri
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTurdidae (Túrdids)
- GenusTurdus (Typical Thrushes)
- SpeciesTurdus helleri (Taita Thrush)
Closest Relatives at Tsavo West National Park
African Bare-eyed Thrush
Turdus tephronotus
Usambara Thrush
Turdus roehli
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus ruppelli
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Dinemellia dinemelli
Slate-colored Boubou
Laniarius funebris
Gray Wren-Warbler
Calamonastes simplex
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Bubalornis niger
Long-tailed Fiscal
Lanius cabanisi
📅 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 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Taita Thrush in Tsavo West National Park?
About 12% of visitor-days record a Taita Thrush sighting in Tsavo West National Park, based on 134 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Taita Thrush in Tsavo West National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Taita Thrush in Tsavo West National Park in our monthly data.