Mountain Yellow-Warbler
Mountain Yellow-Warbler

Mountain Yellow-Warbler

Iduna similis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Nyungwe National Park
34 Verified records at Nyungwe National Park
October Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The Mountain yellow warbler (Iduna similis) is a medium sized bird with a mix of olive and yellow coloration. This bird is native to the eastern Afromontane. It normally feeds on flies but sometimes on remaining crops from harvests. An easy way to recognize this bird is with its whistle-tone vocalizations. The Mountain yellow warbler has a conservation status of Least Concern. This bird is a species of Acrocephalidae warbler; formerly, these were placed in the paraphyletic "Old World warblers". Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Yellow-Warbler sighting in Nyungwe National Park, based on 34 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Nyungwe National Park

African Yellow-Warbler
LC

African Yellow-Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Iduna natalensis

Insufficient data
Sedge Warbler
LC

Sedge Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

<5% · Rare
Eurasian Reed-Warbler
LC

Eurasian Reed-Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

<5% · Rare
Lesser Swamp Warbler
LC

Lesser Swamp Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Acrocephalus gracilirostris

Insufficient data
Papyrus Yellow-Warbler
VU

Papyrus Yellow-Warbler

Bird

Calamonastides gracilirostris

Insufficient data
Icterine Warbler
LC

Icterine Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hippolais icterina

Insufficient data
Chubb's Cisticola
LC

Chubb's Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola chubbi

70–80% · Likely
Common Bulbul
LC

Common Bulbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pycnonotus barbatus

60–70% · Likely
Green White-eye

Green White-eye

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Zosterops stuhlmanni

60–70% · Likely
Black Sawwing
LC

Black Sawwing

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Psalidoprocne pristoptera

60–70% · Likely
Regal Sunbird
LC

Regal Sunbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cinnyris regius

50–60% · Likely
African Dusky Flycatcher
LC

African Dusky Flycatcher

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Muscicapa adusta

50–60% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
5–10
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
5–10
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
20–30%
2 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
10–20%
3 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
4 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
5–10%
5 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
6 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
7 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
8 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
9 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
10 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Yellow-Warbler in Nyungwe National Park?

About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Yellow-Warbler sighting in Nyungwe National Park, based on 34 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Mountain Yellow-Warbler in Nyungwe National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Mountain Yellow-Warbler in Nyungwe National Park in our monthly data.

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