Aethopyga bella
In 3 days <5%
The handsome sunbird (Aethopyga bella) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and tropical moist montane forests.It has a high pitched voice and it sounds like "chik".
It was formerly conspecific with the Lovely sunbird but is differentiated by its plain yellow breast versus the Lovely sunbirds red streaking. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Handsome Sunbird sighting in Manila on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 189th most-seen of the 191 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Handsome Sunbird in Manila on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Handsome 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.
Only Manila, in our data
Manila is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Handsome Sunbird sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Handsome Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Manila (6 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.
