Fire-crested Alethe
Alethe castanea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTurdidae (Túrdids)
- GenusAlethe
- SpeciesAlethe castanea (Fire-crested Alethe)
The fire-crested alethe (Alethe castanea) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in central Africa, from Nigeria to Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It has been recently split from the white-tailed alethe (A. diademata). Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Fire-crested Alethe sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, based on 14 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Abyssinian Thrush
Turdus abyssinicus
African Thrush
Turdus pelios
White-tailed Ant-Thrush
Neocossyphus poensis
Fraser's Rufous Thrush
Stizorhina fraseri
Abyssinian Ground-Thrush
Geokichla piaggiae
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush
Neocossyphus rufus
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris reichenowi
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Black Sawwing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Green White-eye
Zosterops stuhlmanni
Lühder's Bushshrike
Laniarius luehderi
African Dusky Flycatcher
Muscicapa adusta
📅 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 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Fire-crested Alethe in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?
About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Fire-crested Alethe sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, based on 14 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Fire-crested Alethe in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Fire-crested Alethe in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in our monthly data.