Cyanomitra verticalis
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The green-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 5 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 7 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 8 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 9 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 13 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 14 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green-headed Sunbird sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 467 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 65th most-seen of the 400 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, August and October–November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Green-headed Sunbird in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March and April, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green-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 14
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Green-headed Sunbird sightings, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 30%).
Same genus: Cyanomitra
The closest relatives of the Green-headed Sunbird that you can see in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (genus Cyanomitra, Brownish Sunbirds) are Olive Sunbird (about 30%), Blue-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 Green-headed Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (467 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.
