Cyanomitra verticalis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The green-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 5 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 7 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 8 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 9 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 10 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 11 | Mole National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 12 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 13 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 14 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 15 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 16 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-headed Sunbird sighting in Kakum National Park on a given day, based on 46 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 160th most-seen of the 250 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green-headed Sunbird in Kakum National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and December, the lowest months. Those are among Kakum National Park's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against 35 mm in January.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green-headed 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.
8th of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Green-headed Sunbird sightings, Kakum National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 30%), Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 20%) and Lake Mburo National Park (Uganda, about 10%).
Same genus: Cyanomitra
The closest relatives of the Green-headed Sunbird that you can see in Kakum National Park (genus Cyanomitra, Brownish Sunbirds) are Olive Sunbird (about 50%) and Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green-headed Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakum National Park (46 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.
