Aethopyga christinae
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Fork-tailed Sunbird sighting in Fuzhou on a given day, based on 54 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 82 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Fork-tailed Sunbird in Fuzhou on a given day, against about 10% in October, the lowest month. That is one of Fuzhou's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 250 mm in June.
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.
Yes
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Fork-tailed Sunbird sightings, Fuzhou has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come 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 Fuzhou (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Light-vented Bulbul (about 90%), Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 70%) and Swinhoe’s White-eye (about 70%), 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 Fuzhou (54 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.
