Nectarinia tacazze
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In 3 days >90%
The Tacazze sunbird (Nectarinia tacazze) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is native to the eastern Afromontane forests. The bird is named after the Tacazze or Tekezé River and may easily be observed in nearby districts such as Degua Tembien in north Ethiopia. The species is found in evergreen forest, mountain woodlands and areas with scattered trees including Ficus sp., Euphorbia abyssinica and Juniperus procera. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 2 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Tacazze Sunbird sighting in Addis Ababa on a given day, based on 265 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 8th most-seen of the 109 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–June and August–September
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Tacazze Sunbird in Addis Ababa on a given day, against about 60% in January and July, the lowest months. Those are among Addis Ababa's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in January.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tacazze Sunbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Addis Ababa, in our data
Addis Ababa is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tacazze Sunbird sightings: about 70% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tacazze Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Addis Ababa (265 verified sightings), 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.
