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 Volcanoes National Park
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira peltata
Rwenzori Batis
Batis diops
Chinspot Batis
Batis molitor
Streaky Seedeater
Crithagra striolata
Chubb's Cisticola
Cisticola chubbi
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Variable Sunbird
Cinnyris venustus
Bronze Sunbird
Nectarinia kilimensis
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus
African Stonechat
Saxicola torquatus
📅 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 Volcanoes National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Brown-throated Wattle-eye sighting in Volcanoes National Park, based on 22 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown-throated Wattle-eye in Volcanoes National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Brown-throated Wattle-eye in Volcanoes National Park in our monthly data.