Cinnyris superbus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The superb sunbird (Cinnyris superbus) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is widely spread across the African tropical rainforest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Superb Sunbird sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 134 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 148th most-seen of the 366 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Superb Sunbird in Kibale National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and June, the lowest months. That is one of Kibale National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 140 mm in November.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Superb 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.
Only Kibale National Park, in our data
Kibale National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Superb Sunbird sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Cinnyris
The closest relatives of the Superb Sunbird that you can see in Kibale National Park (genus Cinnyris, Cinnyris Sunbirds) are Olive-bellied Sunbird (about 50%), Copper Sunbird (about 20%) and Purple-banded Sunbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Superb Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Kibale National Park (134 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.
