Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus rupestris

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Yekaterinburg

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

24 Verified sightings at Yekaterinburg
6 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus rupestris is a species of cuckoo bumblebee present in most of Europe except Iceland. In the Balkans it is found in montane and alpine habitats northwards from Central Greece. It is also found in Turkey. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Hohe Tauern National Park 🇦🇹 Austria
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
2 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
3 Minsk 🇧🇾 Belarus
~10%
4 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
5 Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Denmark
~10%
6 Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
7 Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
8 Moscow 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%
9 Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%
10 Yekaterinburg 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee in Yekaterinburg?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee sighting in Yekaterinburg on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 64th most-seen of the 155 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee in Yekaterinburg?

June to August

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee in Yekaterinburg on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. Those are among Yekaterinburg's wettest months, with about 85 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see a Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee?

Between 2 and 5 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Yekaterinburg the best place to see a Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee?

10th of 11

Of the 11 cities where we can rate Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee sightings, Yekaterinburg ranks 10th at under 5%. The best odds are in Helsinki (Finland, about 10%), Warsaw (Poland, about 10%) and Minsk (Belarus, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee live in Yekaterinburg?

Same genus: Bombus

The closest relatives of the Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee that you can see in Yekaterinburg (genus Bombus, Bumble Bees) are Common Carder Bumble Bee (about 10%), Tree Bumble Bee (about 10%) and White-Tailed Bumble Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Hill Cuckoo Bumble Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Yekaterinburg (24 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.

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