Aethopyga christinae
Silhouette: Rachael Joakim · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) is a bird in the family Nectariniidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1869. It is found in China, Hong Kong, Laos, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. These small birds, with decurved bill, call a soft and frequent "zwink-zwink" and a metallic trill. The bird appears in the most commonly used postal stamp of Hong Kong. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fuzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Guangzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Shantou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 5 | Chongqing | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 6 | Xiamen City | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Zhuhai [Macau] | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 8 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 9 | Chengdu | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 10 | Guiyang | 🇨🇳 China |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Fork-tailed Sunbird sighting in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, based on 181 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 159 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Fork-tailed Sunbird in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, against about 30% in May and August, the lowest months. That is one of Cuc Phuong National Park's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain against 390 mm in August. July has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fork-tailed Sunbird sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Cuc Phuong National Park, in our data
Cuc Phuong National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Fork-tailed Sunbird sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fork-tailed Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Cuc Phuong National Park (181 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
