Rhodopis vesper
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The oasis hummingbird (Rhodopis vesper) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is the only species placed in the genus Rhodopis. It is found in Chile and Peru
The last was at one time treated as a separate species, but since the mid twentieth century has had its current status. The oasis hummingbird is 11 to 13.5 cm (4.3 to 5.3 in) long and weighs about 4 g (0.14 oz). Both sexes have a long, black, decurved bill. The nominate subspecies is larger and has a longer and stouter bill than the other two, but the three are otherwise alike. Both sexes have olive green upperparts with a cinnamon rump and uppertail coverts. Females have a small white dot behind the eye and males a longer white stripe. Males have an iridescent gorget that ranges from rosy violet to purple with turquoise to the rear. Their underparts are dull white with a dull green wash on the flanks. The tail is deeply forked; its central feathers are grayish olive and the rest purplish brown. Females do... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Oasis Hummingbird sighting in Lauca National Park on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 95th most-seen of the 112 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oasis Hummingbird in Lauca National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–April, June–August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Oasis Hummingbird 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 Lauca National Park, in our data
Lauca National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Oasis Hummingbird sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Oasis Hummingbird that you can see in Lauca National Park (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Andean Hillstar (about 50%), Giant Hummingbird (about 20%) and Sparkling Violetear (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oasis Hummingbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Lauca National Park (33 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.
