Mountain Yellow-Warbler
Mountain Yellow-Warbler

Mountain Yellow-Warbler

Iduna similis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Queen Elizabeth National Park
2 Verified records at Queen Elizabeth National Park
☀️ 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 →

Closest Relatives at Queen Elizabeth National Park

African Yellow-Warbler
LC

African Yellow-Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Iduna natalensis

<5% · Rare
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
LC

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Iduna pallida

<5% · Rare
Lesser Swamp Warbler
LC

Lesser Swamp Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Acrocephalus gracilirostris

5–10% · With luck
Greater Swamp Warbler
LC

Greater Swamp Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Acrocephalus rufescens

<5% · Rare
Eurasian Reed-Warbler
LC

Eurasian Reed-Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

<5% · Rare
Sedge Warbler
LC

Sedge Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Insufficient data
Great Reed-Warbler
LC

Great Reed-Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Acrocephalus arundinaceus

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
Black-headed Gonolek
LC

Black-headed Gonolek

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Laniarius erythrogaster

60–70% · Likely
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
LC

Rüppell's Glossy-starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis purpuroptera

60–70% · Likely
Common Bulbul
LC

Common Bulbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pycnonotus barbatus

60–70% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Mountain Yellow-Warbler at Queen Elizabeth National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ 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
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