Hedydipna platura
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The pygmy sunbird (Hedydipna platura) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.
Male birds have green back, yellow belly, and an extremely long central tail feather, while females have gray-brown upperparts and dim-yellow underparts. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maiduguri | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 2 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Sunbird sighting in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 269th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Sunbird in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and June–December, the lowest months. Those are among Kidepo Valley National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 130 mm in July. April and May have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pygmy 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.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Pygmy Sunbird sightings, Kidepo Valley National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 10%).
Same family: Nectariniidae
The closest relatives of the Pygmy Sunbird that you can see in Kidepo Valley National Park (family Nectariniidae, Sunbirds and Spiderhunters) are Scarlet-chested Sunbird (about 20%), Mariqua Sunbird (about 10%) and Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pygmy Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Kidepo Valley National Park (9 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.
