Where to see
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Volcanoes National Park leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Variable Sunbird during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 9 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Volcanoes National Park
In Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Variable Sunbird sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Nairobi National Park and more
After Volcanoes National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Variable Sunbird are in Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 60%), Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 60%) and Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February and May in Volcanoes National Park (about 80%), April–June and October–November in Nairobi National Park (about 70%) and April in Arusha National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Variable Sunbird on a given day. Each park's Variable Sunbird page has the full month-by-month chart.
