Cyanomitra alinae
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~80%
The blue-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra alinae) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 4 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-headed Sunbird sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 471 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 55th most-seen of the 400 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-headed Sunbird in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against about 10% in November, the lowest month. That is one of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park's wettest months, with about 320 mm of rain against 65 mm in January.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-headed Sunbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Blue-headed Sunbird sightings, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 30%).
Same genus: Cyanomitra
The closest relatives of the Blue-headed Sunbird that you can see in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (genus Cyanomitra, Brownish Sunbirds) are Olive Sunbird (about 30%), Green-headed Sunbird (about 20%) and Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-headed Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (471 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
