Hedydipna platura
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Sunbird sighting in Niokolo-Koba National Park on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 133rd most-seen of the 215 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Sunbird in Niokolo-Koba National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and April, the lowest months. That is one of Niokolo-Koba National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 300 mm in August. May–July and October 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.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Pygmy Sunbird sightings, Niokolo-Koba National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, under 5%) and Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, under 5%).
Same family: Nectariniidae
The closest relatives of the Pygmy Sunbird that you can see in Niokolo-Koba National Park (family Nectariniidae, Sunbirds and Spiderhunters) are Beautiful Sunbird (about 60%), Scarlet-chested Sunbird (about 30%) 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 Niokolo-Koba National Park (35 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.
