Aethopyga vigorsii
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Vigors's sunbird (Aethopyga vigorsii), Sahyadri sunbird, or western crimson sunbird, is a species of sunbird which is endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It has been considered as a subspecies of the crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) but it does not have the central tail as elongated and is restricted in its distribution.
The male has a scarlet throat and breast, while the rest of its under parts are uniformly grey. Its wings are grey-brown and lack yellowish-olive edges. However, it is yellow on the lower back and tail is bottle green. The female's upperparts are dark olive, while its underparts are grey. A male who has not yet matured is similar to the female, but it has a dull scarlet throat and breast.
The species is distributed mainly in the northern Western Ghats but has been reported from the Nilgiris. It was named after Irish-born zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors by Colonel William Henry Sykes. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Vasai-Virar | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Vigors's Sunbird sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 683 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 283 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and October–June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Vigors's Sunbird in Mumbai on a given day, against under 5% in July and September, the lowest months.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Vigors's Sunbird sightings, Mumbai has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Vasai-Virar (India, under 5%).
Same family: Nectariniidae
The closest relatives of the Vigors's Sunbird that you can see in Mumbai (family Nectariniidae, Sunbirds and Spiderhunters) are Purple-rumped Sunbird (about 50%) and Purple Sunbird (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Vigors's Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Mumbai (683 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.
