Cyanomitra verticalis
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-headed Sunbird sighting in Kigali on a given day, based on 160 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 78th most-seen of the 244 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and July–September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green-headed Sunbird in Kigali on a given day, against about 10% in May–June and October–March, 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.
4th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Green-headed Sunbird sightings, Kigali ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Yaoundé (Cameroon, about 20%), Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo, about 20%) and Kampala (Uganda, about 10%).
Same family: Nectariniidae
The closest relatives of the Green-headed Sunbird that you can see in Kigali (family Nectariniidae, Sunbirds and Spiderhunters) are Variable Sunbird (about 60%), Scarlet-chested Sunbird (about 50%) and Red-chested Sunbird (about 40%), 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 Kigali (160 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.
