Hedydipna platura
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
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.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Chinko Conservation Area | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | |
| 3 | Saloum Delta National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 4 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 5 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maiduguri | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 2 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Sunbird sighting in Mole National Park on a given day, based on 264 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 266 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Sunbird in Mole National Park on a given day, against about 30% in August, the lowest month. Those are among Mole National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 220 mm in August. July has 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.
Yes
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Pygmy Sunbird sightings, Mole National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Chinko Conservation Area (Central African Republic, about 20%) and Saloum Delta National Park (Senegal, about 20%).
Same family: Nectariniidae
The closest relatives of the Pygmy Sunbird that you can see in Mole National Park (family Nectariniidae, Sunbirds and Spiderhunters) are Scarlet-chested Sunbird (about 70%), Beautiful Sunbird (about 50%) and Western 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 Mole National Park (264 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.
