Aethopyga christinae
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) is a bird in the family Nectariniidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1869. It is found in China, Hong Kong, Laos, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. These small birds, with decurved bill, call a soft and frequent "zwink-zwink" and a metallic trill. The bird appears in the most commonly used postal stamp of Hong Kong. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fuzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Guangzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Shantou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 5 | Chongqing | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 6 | Xiamen City | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Zhuhai [Macau] | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 8 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 9 | Chengdu | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 10 | Guiyang | 🇨🇳 China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fork-tailed Sunbird sighting in Chengdu on a given day, based on 55 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 46th most-seen of the 156 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Fork-tailed Sunbird in Chengdu on a given day, against under 5% in September–October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Chengdu's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 10 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fork-tailed Sunbird sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
9th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Fork-tailed Sunbird sightings, Chengdu ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in Fuzhou (China, about 40%), Hong Kong (China, about 30%) and Guangzhou (China, about 30%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Fork-tailed Sunbird that you can see in Chengdu (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Light-vented Bulbul (about 90%), White-browed Laughingthrush (about 90%) and Chinese Blackbird (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fork-tailed Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Chengdu (55 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.
