Hedydipna platura
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The pygmy sunbird (Hedydipna platura) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.
Male birds have green back, yellow belly, and an extremely long central tail feather, while females have gray-brown upperparts and dim-yellow underparts.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Chinko Conservation Area | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | |
| 3 | Saloum Delta National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 4 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 5 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maiduguri | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 2 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Sunbird sighting in Chinko Conservation Area on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 47 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.
January
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Sunbird in Chinko Conservation Area on a given day, against under 5% in March to November, the lowest months. That is one of Chinko Conservation Area's driest months, with almost no rain against 180 mm in August.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pygmy 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 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Pygmy Sunbird sightings, Chinko Conservation Area ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Mole National Park (Ghana, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pygmy Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Chinko Conservation Area (14 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.
