Cyanomitra alinae
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The blue-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra alinae) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 4 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-headed Sunbird sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 418 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 38th most-seen of the 252 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and October
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-headed Sunbird in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March and April, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-headed 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 5 parks where we can rate Blue-headed Sunbird sightings, Nyungwe National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 20%) and Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 10%).
Same genus: Cyanomitra
The closest relatives of the Blue-headed Sunbird that you can see in Nyungwe National Park (genus Cyanomitra, Brownish Sunbirds) are Olive Sunbird (about 10%) and Green-headed Sunbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-headed Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (418 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.
