Bronze Mannikin

Bronze Mannikin

Lonchura cucullata

10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Selous Game Reserve
8 Verified records at Selous Game Reserve
April Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The bronze mannikin or bronze munia (Spermestes cucullata) is a small passerine (i.e. perching) bird of the Afrotropics. This very social estrildid finch is an uncommon to locally abundant bird in much of Africa south of the Sahara Desert, where it is resident, nomadic or irruptive in mesic savanna or forest margin habitats. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 23,600,000 km2 (9,100,000 sq mi). It is the smallest and most widespread of four munia species on the African mainland, the other being black-and-white, red-backed and magpie mannikin. It co-occurs with the Madagascar mannikin on the Comoro Islands, and was introduced to Puerto Rico. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze Mannikin sighting in Selous Game Reserve, based on 8 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Selous Game Reserve

Black-and-white Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lonchura bicolor

Insufficient data
Red-billed Firefinch
LC

Red-billed Firefinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lagonosticta senegala

20–30% · Possible
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
LC

Blue-breasted Cordonbleu

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Uraeginthus angolensis

20–30% · Possible
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
LC

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Uraeginthus bengalus

10–20% · With luck
Orangebreast
LC

Orangebreast

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Amandava subflava

5–10% · With luck
Green-winged Pytilia
LC

Green-winged Pytilia

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pytilia melba

Insufficient data
African Firefinch
LC

African Firefinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lagonosticta rubricata

Insufficient data
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
LC

Blue-capped Cordonbleu

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Uraeginthus cyanocephalus

Insufficient data
Peters's Twinspot
LC

Peters's Twinspot

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hypargos niveoguttatus

Insufficient data
Common Bulbul
LC

Common Bulbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pycnonotus barbatus

70–80% · Very likely
Tropical Boubou

Tropical Boubou

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Laniarius major

30–40% · Possible
Purple-banded Sunbird
LC

Purple-banded Sunbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cinnyris bifasciatus

30–40% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
5–10
Feb
10–20
Mar
30–40
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
5–10
Jul
5–10
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
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 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
40–50%
2 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
40–50%
3 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
40–50%
4 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
30–40%
5 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
20–30%
6 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
20–30%
7 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
20–30%
8 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
20–30%
9 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
20–30%
10 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
11 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
12 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
13 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
14 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
15 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
16 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
17 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
10–20%
18 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
19 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
20 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
21 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
5–10%
22 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
23 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
5–10%
24 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
25 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
26 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
27 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
28 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
29 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
<5%
30 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
31 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
32 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
<5%
33 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
34 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
35 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
36 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
37 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
38 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
39 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
40 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
41 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
42 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
Insufficient data
43 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
44 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
45 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
46 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
47 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Bronze Mannikin in Selous Game Reserve?

About 14% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze Mannikin sighting in Selous Game Reserve, based on 8 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Bronze Mannikin in Selous Game Reserve?

April has the highest sighting rate for Bronze Mannikin in Selous Game Reserve in our monthly data.

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