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. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | 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 Maiduguri on a given day, based on 37 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 36th most-seen of the 65 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.
December and January
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Sunbird in Maiduguri on a given day, against about 10% in March and June–October, the lowest months. Those are among Maiduguri's driest months, with almost no rain against 180 mm in August. November has too few records to rate.
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.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Pygmy Sunbird sightings, Maiduguri has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Serrekunda (Gambia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pygmy Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Maiduguri (37 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.
