Cinnyris talatala
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The white-bellied sunbird (Cinnyris talatala), also known as the white-breasted sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Occurs from Angola to southern Tanzania south to southern Africa, where it is common to locally abundant across northern Namibia, northern and south-eastern Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini and north-eastern South Africa. It generally prefers semi-arid savanna woodland, such as Acacia, bushwillow (Combretum) and riparian thickets, Zambezi teak (Baikiaea plurijuga) and mixed miombo (Brachystegia) woodland.
It mainly eats nectar supplemented with arthropods, often joining mixed-species foraging flocks in the day, along with other sunbirds at large sources of nectar. In the late afternoon it regularly hawks insects aerially and gleans invertebrates from foliage.
The following food items have been recorded in its diet: * Arthropods insects aphids ants grasshoppers (Orthoptera) moths (Lepidoptera) spiders The nest (see image... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 7 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 10 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 11 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 12 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 13 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 14 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 15 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 16 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 17 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-breasted Sunbird sighting in Etosha National Park on a given day, based on 281 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 84th most-seen of the 260 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a White-breasted Sunbird in Etosha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and March, the lowest months. Those are among Etosha National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 75 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-breasted 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.
9th of 17
Of the 17 parks where we can rate White-breasted Sunbird sightings, Etosha National Park ranks 9th at about 20%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 60%), Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 50%) and Waterberg Plateau Park (Namibia, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Cinnyris
The closest relatives of the White-breasted Sunbird that you can see in Etosha National Park (genus Cinnyris, Cinnyris Sunbirds) are Mariqua Sunbird (about 20%) and Dusky Sunbird (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-breasted Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Etosha National Park (281 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.
