Cyanomitra verticalis
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
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. Wikipedia →
| # | 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 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 9 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 13 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 14 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Green-headed Sunbird sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 564 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 366 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Green-headed Sunbird in Kibale National Park on a given day, against about 20% in March, the lowest month.
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.
Yes
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Green-headed Sunbird sightings, Kibale National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come 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 Kibale National Park (genus Cyanomitra, Brownish Sunbirds) are Olive Sunbird (about 30%) and Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (about 30%), 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 Kibale National Park (564 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.
