Chalcomitra hunteri
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Hunter's sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Hunter's Sunbird sighting in Mkomazi National Park on a given day, based on 63 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 38th most-seen of the 272 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, March and July
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Hunter's Sunbird in Mkomazi National Park on a given day, against about 20% in October, the lowest month. May has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hunter's 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 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Hunter's Sunbird sightings, Mkomazi National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Tsavo West National Park (Kenya, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Chalcomitra
The closest relatives of the Hunter's Sunbird that you can see in Mkomazi National Park (genus Chalcomitra, African Dark Sunbirds) are Amethyst Sunbird (about 20%) and Scarlet-chested Sunbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hunter's Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Mkomazi National Park (63 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.
